'...the stories are so compelling and moving... This is as good a collection of short stories as has been produced in the Caribbean.'
World Literature Today
'A powerful storyteller of rare and passionate gifts.'
Alba Ambert, prize-winning author of A Perfect Silence
'I have never seen the frontier between poetry and fiction
more masterfully defined than in these texts. These memorable narratives leave us new, exciting and unforgettable inner landscapes. To read A Way to Catch the Dust is also to surrender, for
once, and without any guilt or qualifications, to the sheer pleasure of being human.'
Anabel Torres, critic, Poet, Translator
'A beautiful, magical book of timeless short
stories that transport you to the real and surreal world of a Caribbean island. Jacob Ross displays a master storytellers dexterity in the crafting of these stories which are at once funny and
poetic, disturbing and revealing, ethereal and earthy. Ross is a major new voice from the Caribbean and A Way to Catch the Dust is a stunning and immensely enjoyable read.'
Bernardine
Evaristo, EMMA Best Book/Novel Award Winner 1999
'Like every honest writer, Ross is a haunted being who chooses not to run from his ghosts.... To read A Way to Catch the Dust is
also to surrender, for once, and without any guilt, qualms or qualifications, to the sheer pleasure of being human.'
University of Columbia Press
'An absolute gem of a
book...a real discovery. This is a new and beautiful literary voice from the Caribbean...'
Kwesi Owusu, editor of 'Black British Society and Culture'
'Magical stories
full of spellbinding language and life. A firm favourite of mine.'
Courttia Newland, novelist
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