POST-COLONIAL LITERATURES

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POST-COLONIALLITERATURESin EnglishEdited byJOHN THIEMEProfessor of New Literatures in English,University of Hull, UKEDITORIAL BOARDBruce BennettShirley ChewJean Pierre DunxMichael dikesCoral Ann HowellsG D KillamMeenakshi MukherjeeRajiva WijesinhaNana Wilson TagoeI( ' HA member of the Hodder Headline GroupLONDON NEW YORK SYDNEY AUCKLAND

ContentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTSINTRODUCTIONP A J?T Txvn1A FT? lf AJrnJK.1 I AtlxlK A.WEST AFRICAAmos TutuolaFrom My Life in the Bush of GhostsChinua Achebe1 From Arrow of God2 From What Has Literature Got to Do with It73 From Anthills of the SavannahChristopher OkigboSiren LimitsWole Soyinka1 Abiku2 From The Lion and the JewelBuchi EmechetaFrom The Joys of MotherhoodNiyi OsundareHarvestcallBen OkriIncidents at the ShrineAma Ata Aidoo1 The Message2 Motherhood and the Numbers Game12 1521263033344450526066EAST AFRICAOkot p BitekFrom Song of LawinoNgugi wa Thiong o1 From A Grain of Wheat2 From Decolonising the Mind687379

vi ContentsM G VassanjiLeavingAbdulrazak GurnahFrom Paradise8388SOUTHERN AFRICANadine GordimerSix Feet of the CountryAthol Fugard with John Kam and Winston NtshonaFrom Sizwe Bansi is DeadLauretta NgcoboFrom And They Didn t DieMbulelo MzamaneMy Cousin Comes to Jo burgJ M CoetzeeFrom FoeBessie HeadFrom A Question of PowerTsitsi DangarembgaFrom Nervous Conditions96104111117123131137NORTH AFRICAJamal MahjoubFrom Navigation of a RainmakerCharles HarpurA Mid Summer Noon in the Australian ForestMarcus ClarkePreface to Poems of the Late Adam Lindsay GordonAdam Lindsay GordonThe Sick StockriderHenry KendallThe Last of His TribeA B Banjo PatersonThe Man from Snowy RiverHenry Lawson1 The Drover s Wife2 Middleton s RouseaboutMary GilmoreOld Botany BayBernard O DowdAustralia145150151154157158162168169170

Contents Steele Rudd (Arthur Hoey Davis)Starting the SelectionBarbara BayntonThe Chosen VesselMiles FranklinFrom My Brilliant CareerHenry Handel Richardson [Ethel Florence Lindesay Robertson)Proem to Australia FelixKenneth Slessor1 South Country2 The Night RideA D HopeAustraliaJames McAuleyTerra AustrahsChristina SteadThe Schoolboy s Tale Day of WrathPatrick White1 The Prodigal Son2 From The Tree of ManJudith WrightTrain JourneyRay LawlerFrom Summer of the Seventeenth DollAlan SeymourFrom The One Day of the YearOodgeroo Noonuccal [Kath Walker)We Are GoingGwen HarwoodSuburban SonnetPeter PorterPhar Lap in the Melbourne MuseumLes Murray1 Blood2 Quintets for Robert MorleyBruce Dawe1 Life Cycle2 HomecomingDorothy HewettFrom TestamentDavid WilliamsonFrom The ClubPeter CareyDo You Love Me 7John TranterFrom The False 23224225226228229231232233244252

viu ContentsMurray BailThe Drover s WifeFrank MoorhouseThe Drovers WifeBarbara JeffensThe Drover s WifeMudrooroo Narogin (Colin Johnson)They Give Jacky RightsJack DavisFrom KullarkHelen GarnerThe Life of ArtRobert DreweStingraySally MorganA Black GrandmotherKate GrenvilleFrom Joan Makes HistoryTim WintonNeighboursDavid MaloufFrom Remembering Babylon255259265273273279284288294298301PARTm CANADAFrances BrookeFrom The History of Emily MontagueMajor John RichardsonFrom WacoustaCatharine Parr TraillFrom The Backwoods of CanadaSara Jeannette DuncanFrom The ImperialistBliss CarmanLow Tide on Grand PreStephen LeacockFrom Sunshine Sketches of a Little TownEmily CarrFrom Klee WyckE J PrattFrom Brebeuf and His BrethrenSinclair RossFrom As for Me and My HouseHugh MacLennanFrom Barometer Rising310312314319321322326331334338

Contents IXElizabeth Smartfrom By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and WeptEarle Birney1 Bushed2 MappemoundeJames ReaneyMapsAlPurdy1 Elegy for a Grandfather2 Roblin s MillsEh MandelGrandfather s Painting David ThaubergerGeorge BowenngGrandfatherMargaret LaurenceFrom The DivinersMargaret Atwood1 Progressive Insanities of a Pioneer2 From Survival A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature3 The Age of Lead4 Morning in the Burned HouseGwendolyn MacEwenFrom Terror and ErebusRobertson DaviesFrom Fifth BusinessPhyllis WebbMarvell s GardenRobert Kroetsch1 Stone Hammer Poem2 From The Moment of the Discovery of America ContinuesAlice MunroThe PhotographerRuby WiebeWhere is the Voice Coming From7Alistair MacLeodAs Birds Bnng Forth the SunAudrey ThomasFrom Intertidal LifeDaphne MarlattFrom Ana HistoricTimothy FindleyFrom LemonadeThomas KingThe One about Coyote Going WestJeannette C ArmstrongThis Is a 381383387392400407412415416420428

ContentsBonnie BurnardMusic LessonsSusan SwanFrom The Biggest Modern Woman of the WorldGeorge Elliott ClarkeHow Exile Melts to One Hundred RosesAritha van HerkFrom No Fixed AddressEvelyn LauFrom Fresh Girls433437443444447PART TV CARIBBEANC L R JamesFrom Beyond a BoundaryLouise BennettDear Departed FederationJean Rhys1 The Day They Burned the Books2 I Used to Live Here OnceV S ReidFrom New DayRoger MaisFrom Brother ManGeorge Lamming1 From In the Castle of My Skin2 From The Pleasures of ExileSam SelvonFrom The Lonely LondonersV S Naipaul1 Man man2 From A House for Mr BiswasDerek Walcott1 Rums of a Great House2 From Dream on Monkey Mountain3 From The Muse of History4 From OmerosWilson Harris1 From Palace of the Peacock2 From Tradition and the West Indian NovelDenis WilliamsFrom Other LeopardsThe Mighty Sparrow (Shnger Francisco)Dan is the Man in the 4532537543

Contents xi(Edward) Kamau Brathwaite1 Ananse2 Negus3 From History of the VoiceMervyn Morns1 The Pond2 NarcissusMichael GilkesFrom Prospero s IslandEarl LovelaceFrom The Dragon Can t DanceErna BrodberFrom Jane and Louisa Will Soon Come HomeZee EdgellFrom Beka LambJamaica KincaidIn the NightOlive SeniorSummer LightningLorna GoodisonI Am Becoming My MotherJohn AgardMek FourValerie BloomLanguage BarrierGrace NicholsOne Continent/To AnotherJean Binta BreezeSpring 582583PART V NEW ZEALAND ANDSOUTH PACIFICKatherine MansfieldThe Garden PartyMary Ursula BethellPauseR A K MasonOn the SwagA R D Fairburn1 Imperial2 TapuRobin HydeThe Last Ones588599599600602602

xu ContentsAllen Curnow1 House and Land2 Landfall in Unknown SeasJames Baxter1 On the Death of Her Body2 Jerusalem Sonnet I3 The IkonsHone TuwhareSpeak to Me BrotherFrank SargesonI ve Lost My PalJanet FrameFrom Faces in the WaterWiti Ihimaera1 The Whale2 This Life is WearyAlbert Wendt1 A Resurrection2 Towards a New OceaniaKen HulmeFrom The Bone PeoplePatricia GraceFrom PotikiEpeli Hau ofaThe Seventh and Other DaysBill ManhireFrom South PacificSubramamMangoldsPART VI SOUTH ASIAINDIAMulk Raj AnandFrom UntouchableR K NarayanFrom The Man Eater of MalgudiRaja RaoFrom KanthapuraAttia HosainGossamer ThreadNissim Ezekiel1 Background Casually2 The Patriot684688696703708710

Contents xiuDom MoraesSinbadA K RamanujanSmall Scale Reflections on a Great HouseJayanta MahapatraGrandfatherKamala DasAn IntroductionKeki DaruwallaDeath of a BirdNayantara SahgalMartandAnita DesaiFrom In CustodyEunice De Souza1 Marnages Are Made2 Women in Dutch PaintingsSalman RushdieFrom Midnight s ChildrenArrutav GhoshFrom The Shadow LinesVikram SethFrom A Suitable BoyAgha Shahid Ah1 Postcard from Kashmir2 A Wrong TurnSujata BhattA Different HistoryMeena AlexanderHouse of a Thousand DoorsGitha HanharanThe Remains of the Feast711712715717718720725 734735735741747752752753754755SRI LANKAPatrick FernandoThe Fisherman Mourned by His WifeYasmine Gooneratne1 Big Match 19832 This Language This WomanPunyakante WijenaikeFrom GirayaLakdasa WikkramasinhaDon t Talk to Me about MatisseJean ArasanayagamPassages761762764765771772

xiv ContentsRajiva WijesinhaFrom Days of DespairRichard De ZoysaApocalypse SoonShyam SelvaduraiFrom Funny Boy774778780BANGLADESHKaiser HaqA Myth Reworked784PAKISTANAhmed AllFrom Twilight in DelhiBapsi SidhwaFrom Ice Candy ManAlamgir Hashmi1 So What If I Live in a House Made by Idiots72 InlandD / i D T T/TT Cr\TTTTJ17 ACT786790798798ACT AMALAYSIALloyd FernandoFrom Scorpion OrchidLee Kok LiangFive FingersEe Tiang Hong1 Heeren Street Malacca2 ArnvalWong Phui NamProspect in SpringMohamad Bin Haji SallehDo Not SayK S MamamFrom The ReturnShirley Geok hn Lim1 Christmas in Exile2 On Reading Coleridge s Poem802809812813814814816822822SINGAPOREEdwin ThumbooGods Can Die823

Contents xvLee Tzu PhengExcluding Byzantium On Objections to Living Near aHome for the Elderly SickPhilip JeyaretnamMaking Coffee824825THE PHILIPPINESNick JoaquinFrom The Woman Who Had Two Navels829 THAILANDS P SomtowFrom Jasmine Nights834PARTVm TRANS-CULTURALLouise BennettColonisation in ReverseSam SelvonWorking the TransportRuth Prawer JhabvalaMyself in IndiaZulfikar Ghose1 This Landscape These People2 The Attack on SialkotV S NaipaulFrom A Way in the WorldAnne RanasingheAt What Dark PointJoy KogawaFrom ObasanDaphne MarlattArriving at Shared Ground Through DifferenceBharati MukherjeeLoose EndsYasmme GooneratneBharat Changes His ImageRienzi CruszRootsMichael Ondaatje1 From Running in the Family2 From In the Skin of a Lion844845849856858860865867874875883892892894

xvi ContentsLinton Kwesi JohnsonDoun de RoadDavid DabydeenTwo CulturesSalman RushdieFrom Imaginary HomelandsFred D AguiarLetter from Mama DotM Nourbese PhilipShe Tnes Her Tongue Her Silence Softly BreaksCaryl PhillipsFrom Crossing the RiverRohinton MistrySquatterFURTHER READINGAUTHOR INDEXTITLE INDEX897898899902904905907926930933

POST-COLONIAL LITERATURES in English Edited by JOHN THIEME Professor of New Literatures in Engl

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