From The Green Antilles

From The Green Antilles (1971) by Barbara Howes – Sold by Crappy Old Books

Slip off your shoes and sink into the warm, shimmering pages of From The Green Antilles, Barbara Howes’ evocative 1971 collection that captures the lush rhythms and quiet dissonance of the Caribbean. Published by Panther Books, this gem of a volume blends poetry and prose with the observational precision of a traveler who knows how to listen.

From sugarcane fields to coastal towns, Howes’ writing is both vivid and restrained—never exoticising, always illuminating. Her deft touch brings to life the islands’ beauty, contradictions, and human moments that linger long after the page is turned. Think Graham Greene with a dash of poetic soul and less imperial guilt.

Condition: Slightly sun-bleached like a hammock left out too long, but all pages intact and still capable of transporting you to warmer, more lyrical latitudes. A faint smell of mildew may be present—consider it "atmospheric."

Crappy Old Books: Because forgotten literature deserves a second tan in the sun.

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