My Bones and My Flute by Edgar Mittelholzer

She has lectured in Caribbean Studies at the London Metropolitan University. She is also currently working on an introduction to Corentyne Thunder, Mittelholzer’s first novel, which is due to be republished in 2009. Her interests include Caribbean literature, culture and history and a version of this article will be appearing as a chapter in a book, Caribbean Voices, soon to be published. 17 April 2022.J uanita Cox is a PhD student writing her thesis: ‘Edgar Mittelholzer and the Shaping of his Novels’ at the University of Birmingham, UK. ^ 'BBC Arts - BBC Arts - The Big Jubilee Read: Books from 1952 to 1961'.'The God of Small Things to Shuggie Bain: the Queen's jubilee book list'. ^ 'The National Library Centenary, part two: 'My Bones and My Flute' '.'Guyanese literature: The push towards social realism'.

'Mittelholzer: The standard-bearer for Guyanese and West Indian literature'. 'Pretty Sinister Books: FFB: My Bones and My Flute - Edgar Mittelholzer'.

^ 'My Bones and My Flute | Peepal Tree Press'.'Indigenous heritage dramas rare but important'. Johnson Publishing Company – via Google Books. ^ Deolall, Indranie (29 October 2020).In 2022, My Bones and My Flute was included on the Big Jubilee Read, a list of 70 books by Commonwealth authors produced to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee.

Ī radio adaptation was produced by Radio Demerara, read by James Sydney, and was very popular in Guyana. It recalls the mythical spiritual preoccupations with the Dutch, the forest and riverain environments that they haunt and the supernatural mysteries that still dwell in a society with a deep respect for obeah.' It is generally his most highly-regarded work and is seen as an important piece of Caribbean literature. In Stabroek News, Al Creighton wrote: ' fictionalises both colonial New Amsterdam and the upper reaches of the Berbice River in such memorable fashion that the book stands as a record of the place. The document's owner, lumber magnate Ralph Nevinson, journeys deep into the jungles of Guiana with painter Milton Woodsley in order to find the Dutchman's bones and flute and end the curse. A jumbee (ghost) of a Dutch slaveowner, who died by suicide after his family was killed in the 1763 slave revolt, haunts whoever comes in contact with his will until his bones and flute are buried according to Christian rites. My Bones and My Flute: A Ghost Story in the Old-Fashioned Manner is a 1955 novel by Guyanese author Edgar Mittelholzer. The Adding Machine: A Fable for Capitalists and Commercialists

My Bones and My Flute by Edgar Mittelholzer