Until Judgement Comes: Stories About Jamaican Men

by Opal Palmer Adisa

Overview

Sensitive and imaginative, this collection of short stories explores the Jamaican male psyche through free-flowing narratives, stories within stories, and modern versions of folktales and myths. Structured around the author’s lifetime of experiences within a small Jamaican community, these touching stories explore modern issues relating to men—from the repercussions associated with absentee fathers to the creation of warm, loving home environments.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781845230425
Publisher:	Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
Publication date:	10/28/2006
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Opal Palmer Adisa is a Jamaica-born, award-winning poet, educator, and storyteller. She is the author of Caribbean Passion, It Begins with Tears, and Tamarind and Mango Women, the 1992 American Book Award winner. She is also the chair of the ethnic studies/cultural diversity program at the California College of Arts and Crafts.

Table of Contents

Disclaimer     9
Teachment I     15
Brethren     17
Teachment II     44
De Myal Man     46
Teachment III     56
Bad-Boy     58
Teachment IV     93
Sun's Son     95
Teachment V     140
Trying Words     142
Teachment VI     161
Ebenezer's Watermelon Knee     163
Teachment VII     176
Until Judgement Comes     178