Palace of the Peacock (Faber Editions) av Wilson Harris

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<p><b>The visionary masterpiece, tracing a riverboat crew''s dreamlike jungle voyage ...</b><br>''My new all time favourite book ... A magnificent, breathtaking and terrifying novel.'' <b>T</b><b>sitsi Dangarembga</b><br>''An exhilarating experience ... Makes visions real and reality visions ... Genius.'' <b>Jamaica Kincaid</b><br>''A masterpiece: I love this book for its language, adventure and wisdoms.¿<b> Monique Roffey</b><br>''Revel in the inviolate, ever-deepening mystery of Wilson Harris¿s work.'' <b>Jeet Thayil</b><br>''The Guyanese William Blake ¿ Such poetic intensity.'' <b>Angela Carter</b><br><br><b><i>I dreamt I awoke with one dead seeing eye and one living closed eye ...</i></b><br><br>A crew of men are embarking on a voyage up a turbulent river through the rainforests of Guyana. Their domineering leader, Donne, is the spirit of a conquistador, obsessed with hunting for a mysterious woman and exploiting indigenous people as plantation labour. But their expedition is plagu