Caribbean (novel)

Caribbean ( Original Title: Caribbean ) is a novel by American author James A. Michener. He appeared in 1989 in English, 1990 German and includes a historical novel 16 chapters that can be read each as a separate stories.

Table of Contents

The 16 chapters are only loosely linked to each other and span the period from 1300 to the present ( around 1989 ). The chapters are arranged chronologically; in the later playing Kaptiteln is constantly referred to places, people or families in the previous chapter. A frequently recurring motif is the question of how the Caribbean could succeed a better future. Historical figures are mixed with fictional, the actual historical events are often told only indirectly. Time and again, the differences between the three main ethnic groups - black, brown and white - running. Several times it is considered how much better would it be to the Caribbean when all areas would be under the rule of a single foreign power - first Spain, then Britain, France and finally the United States.

The chapter

The Crotonhecke tells a fictional story of the robbery of the warlike Caribs on the culturally advanced and peaceful Arawaks.

The blood-drinking god tells a fictional story in the context of the decline of the Mayan culture.

The Spanish Lake describes the attacks of the English privateers John Hawkins and Francis Drake on the Spanish cities in the Caribbean.

Heavy storms in Little England are the events back to Barbados during the English Civil War.

The privateers reported by Henry Morgan.

The sugar barons deals with the influence of the English planter families of the Caribbean to the British policy.

Naval hero and fortune hunter is of Horatio Nelson

Kreolenliebe deals with the history of Martinique during the French Revolution.

The tortured country plays in Haiti at the time of its independence wars

Martial law describes the suppression of a slave rebellion in Barbados and the epilogue in London.

Empfehlungssschreiben told by a journalist who comes 1938 on a fictional island All Saints, to write about a new Governor General. Soon, however, the governor's daughter gets into the center, a relationship begins with a black man. With the arrival of the German battleship Admiral Graf Spee complicating the situation.

The eternal student deals with the study of a Caribbean students in Miami and his attempts to remain after the end of his studies in the United States.

The Rastafari plays again on the imaginary island of All Saints and describes the confrontation with the idea of ​​Rastafarians.

The twins tells of a Cuban exile couple from Miami, visits a couple in Havana, Cuba - there is much talk about the different social systems.

The golden sea describes a Caribbean cruise; Various problems are presented and discussed.

Expenditure

  • James A. Michener: Caribbean ( Original Title: Caribbean ). German by Thomas Steger. ECON, Dusseldorf, 1990, ISBN 3-430-16701-9.
  • James A. Michener Caribbean. German by Thomas Steger. With a card. Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1990.
  • James A. Michener Caribbean. Bastion Luebbe, 1993, ISBN 3-404-11960-6.

In the edition of Bertelsmann is specified as original title " Carribean ". This misspelling is also found in many places on the internet.

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