The Polished Hoe
If you haven't read Austin Clark you're in for some delightful reading.
This Barbadian expatriate now living in Canada is a real pleasure to
read. This piece titled The Polished Hoe is winner of many prizes
including the
Giller Prize and The Commonwealth writers prize for
best book. Set in the
West Indies in the period following World War II,
the polished Hoe is enjoyable reading.
"...Clark returns [in this story] to his
native island the way the exile
James
Joyce returned to Dublin..." -- Ottawa Citizen
When Mary-Mathilda, one of the most respected
women on the island of Bimshire (also known as
Barbados) calls the police to confess to a crime,
the results is a shattering all night visual that brings
together elements of the island's African past and
the tragic legacy of colonialism in one epic sweep.
