Anantha Sudhakar

Jan Lowe Shinebourne, Chinese Women: A Novel (Leeds, UK: Peepal Tree, 2010); 94 pages; ISBN 978-1845231514 (paper).

Jan Lowe Shinebourne’s fiction is centrally concerned with the racial tension and political conflict that have defined the postwar era of Guyana. Her latest work, Chinese Women, adapts these themes for the twenty-first century by bringing colonial race relations to bear on post-9/11 political culture. Shinebourne’s timely new novel thus offers a unique contribution to both Caribbean literature and the growing field of 9/11 literature.

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