How to Escape from a Leper Colony, Tiphanie Yanique
How to Escape from a Leper Colony, Tiphanie Yanique
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How to Escape from a Leper Colony
A Novella and Stories

Author: Tiphanie Yanique

Narrator: Robin Miles, Dion Graham, Andrew Garman

Unabridged: 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/24/2011


Synopsis

Like Gabriel GarcIa MArquez, Edwidge Danticat, and Maryse CondE before her, Tiphanie Yanique has crafted a debut collection that is heartbreaking, hilarious, and mesmerizing. Set mostly in the U.S. Virgin Islands, these lyrical and haunting stories are part oral history, part postcolonial narrative-but ultimately a loving portrait of a wholly unique place. ". magical and mystical tales ."-Booklist

Reviews

Goodreads review by BookOfCinz on January 16, 2022

It is no secret Tiphanie Yanique can write and she showcases this in this collection. I absolutely loved the story that was the title of the book- How to Escape from a Leper Colony. It is not every day I pick up a book that gives a historical look about Chacachare in Trinidad. I thoroughly enjoyed......more

Goodreads review by Shivanee on September 10, 2011

Excerpted from the full review: "I loathe exaggeration, especially when it comes to enthusiasm. I prefer my praise to be as precise as possible. Sadly, this means that much of my best loved phrases must languish, unused, waiting for true beauty to capture them. One such is borrowed from a film – to f......more

Goodreads review by Hyphenista on March 05, 2021

There is a mystical quality to these stories that explores the identity of the islands and its inhabitants. The stories seem more like myths than literary fiction, which I liked. Street Man was my favorite.......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl on April 18, 2010

You know how everyone always says that small presses are publishing the most innovative and interesting work? (Well, if you hang out with the book nerds I hang out with, you do.) On bad days there's a small skeptical voice inside me that says, "Yeah? Are you sure they don't just get sloppy seconds?"......more

Goodreads review by Malika on November 03, 2015

This was easily one of the best books that I read last year. Yanique is a superb short story writer. Her stories drawn on the realism and surrealism of Caribbean geography and language, with stories that are located both in the region and the diaspora. It shocks, surprises and delights. I would reco......more