File spoon-archives/postcolonial.archive/postcolonial_2000/postcolonial.0008, message 218


Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 17:43:28 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Ship narratives


Liz,
        There's Australian Patrick White's novel A Fringe of Leaves, some of
which takes place on the ship itself and some in the rowboat after the ship
sinks, but most of the narrative is set in the bush.  
        Teresa

At 01:58 AM 8/28/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Everyone
>I am putting together a syllabus which looks at trans-oceanic journeys
>written by poco writers where a good portion of the narrative takes place on
>a ship. I have a list of the obvious suspects--Lamming, Hearne, Walcott,
>Danticat etc. I am trying to find other works (any genre, including
>history/theory) beyond Afro-Caribbean. Any suggestions? Thanks, Liz
>
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