The Old Slave and the Mastiff

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A profoundly unsettling story of a plantation slave's desperate escape into a rainforest alive in this exquisite novel we embark on an old man's flight to freedom, with his master and a ferocious dog on his heels. A journey that will transform them all in truly astonishing ways as the overwhelming physical presence of the forest and its dense primeval wilderness reshapes reality and time itself.The Old Slave and the Mastiff is a magical realist novel that fearlessly portrays the demonic cruelties of the slave trade and its human costs. Written in vivid prose offering a wise and loving tribute to the Creole culture of Martinique this story takes us on a unique and moving journey into the heart of Caribbean history. the spirits of all those who have gone before him, the knowledge that the past is always with us, and the injustice that can cry out from beyond the grave.