{"product_id":"9781998630134","title":"A Memory of Flowers and Coconut: Short Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e**WINNER OF THE 2025 GUYANA PRIZE IN LITERATURE**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the pen of a multiple award-winning author comes this collection of stories about love, loss, religion, murder, memory, and mystery.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn \"Midnight Shift\", a pair of doctors seeking intimacy instead discover a dying patient eager to divulge an ancient crime.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn \"A Memory of Flowers and Coconut\", we are cast back to 1940s South America to witness an unfolding rural tragedy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn \"New\", the mystery of a sick child reveals the fabric of Creation itself.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn \"The Emerald in the Diamond\", a robbery in the Mongolian desert somehow makes its way to a baseball stadium in Missouri.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese and eight other stories will entertain, evoke, and inspire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection is the winner of the \u003cb\u003e2025 Guyana Prize in Literature\u003c\/b\u003e (the national book award of the nation of Guyana). The jurors note: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is a technically accomplished collection of twelve short stories, set both 'at home' and in the diasporas, that explore various aspects of Indo-Guyanese cultures, histories and heritage. The stylish, measured prose is wry, sardonic and thoughtful; at his best Deonandan demonstrates a mature understanding of what short fiction can do.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRaywat Deonandan' first collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eSweet Like Saltwater\u003c\/i\u003e, won the \u003cb\u003eGuyana Prize for Literature\u003c\/b\u003e in the Best First Work category in 2000. Here are some samples of reviews of his fiction: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"The imagery is often quite wonderful, capturing sights, sounds, smell, touch, very well.\" -Linda Field, Arsenal Pulp Press\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Through... brilliant characterization and dialogue, the reader is engaged in continuous storying.\" -Anne Forsythe-Moore, Canadian Author Magazine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Quirky and engaging.\" -Jim Bartley, The Globe and Mail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Deonandan celebrates the dignity of the common people.\" -Barbara Mujica, Americas Magazine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Intanjible Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46277477433585,"sku":"9781998630134","price":10.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781998630134_p0.jpg?v=1786240783","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781998630134","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}