Sans souci : and other stories

Summary/Review: "Sans Souci is Brand's fiction debut, collecting eleven stories that breathe life and language into the lives of women in the Caribbean and Caribbean diaspora, often dealing with the aftermath--or process--of transit and arrival. An alchemist of self-consciousness, Brand presses into bruises of sexual violence, racial prejudice, and war, all the while attending to the full affective experience of those who live in the shadow of our shared colonial past--encompassing both joy and sorrow, release and constraint. Now available for the first time in over a decade, Sans Souci and Other Stories is a foundational expression from one of our most cherished literary artists and thinkers."--