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Article: Grenada and Carriacou: the beat goes on. (the setting for Paule Marshall's novel 'Praisesong for the Widow')(Travel Caribbean)
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- American Visions
- Article date:
- October 1, 1995
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In 1983, television news introduced most Americans to Grenada, as U.S. troops stormed the strife-torn Caribbean island and replaced its brutal regime with one more to the liking of Washington - and the local populace. Paule Marshall's Praisesong for the Widow also appeared in '83, providing another window onto Grenada and its associated Grenadine island, Carriacou. Once again, literature trumped journalism as a means of understanding our world - and ourselves.
Praisesong, the story of Avey Johnson, a middle-aged, middle-class black widow whose unraveling inner life is awakened to a semblance of harmony and purpose during an unanticipated visit to Carriacou, offered ...