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PAPERBACK ISBN: 0-88258-224-0 $22.95 160 pages; 5.5 x 8.5 inches
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Song for Mumu: A Novel by Lindsay Barrett
Song for Mumu, a first novel by Jamaican author Lindsay Barrett, was hailed upon first publication as “a primitive masterpiece” and “a blood-chilling tragedy” with “a sort of lingering power which will make it difficult to forget.” The work conveys, in lyrical manner, a fictional tale of the loves and death of a star-crossed woman-child and, in a larger sense, that of a people. Filled with folklore and legend, it is set in a Caribbean countryside whose innocence has been violated by slavery and in the city, a place without love. More than a novel, however, this story is structured as a song. Its primary characters can be viewed as soloists, while the ancient river women so prominent in the novel serve as a chorus.
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