Wilson Harris's The Palace of the Peacock is a masterful exploration of consciousness and colonial legacy set in the enigmatic Guyanese landscape. Merging myth, history, and stream-of-consciousness narrative, the novel delves into the psychological and spiritual journey of a group of men navigating a treacherous river into an elusive, symbolic realm. Harris's sophisticated prose challenges readers to reconsider binaries of reality and imagination, time and memory, revealing a richly layered meditation on identity, power, and transformation within postcolonial contexts. This work remains an essential, if demanding, cornerstone of Caribbean literature and experimental fiction.
Wilson Harris's The Palace of the Peacock is a masterful exploration of consciousness and colonial legacy set in the enigmatic Guyanese landscape. Merging myth, history, and stream-of-consciousness narrative, the novel delves into the psychological and spiritual journey of a group of men navigating a treacherous river into an elusive, symbolic realm. Harris's sophisticated prose challenges readers to reconsider binaries of reality and imagination, time and memory, revealing a richly layered meditation on identity, power, and transformation within postcolonial contexts. This work remains an essential, if demanding, cornerstone of Caribbean literature and experimental fiction.
Faber & Faber, 1988 paperback very good condition
