Idiots and Demons

ISBN-13: 9783639182163 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 372 str.

Churaumanie Bissundyal

Opis

Idiots and Demons is novel about a British colony, Kassku, struggling for independence. The two main characters of the story are Comrade Russbhakt (an Indian man) and Comrade Bullhorn (an African man). The two men formed a socialist party to fight the British for independence, but they ended up fighting each other, dividing the colony into two distinct enclaves of Indian and African voters. To gain their own political ends, they invoked the idiots and demons of their supporters psyche, suppressing their unconscious gods. Thus, they created racial hatred, hostilities and violence. Freedom from British rule left them in chaos, corruption, and bloodshed. Churaumanie Bissundyal is a Guyanese American writer who has completed six novels, one nonfiction, five books of poems, three screenplays, and ten plays. In 1988, his play From Ganges to Demerary was staged at Samuell Becketts Theatre, York University, Toronto, Canada. He won the prestigious American award, The Vera Rubin Residency Award, at Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York. He holds an MFA degree (a masters degree in fine arts) and a Ph. D. degree in interdisciplinary studies.

O autorze

Churaumanie Bissundyal has completed six novels, five books of poems, one nonfiction, three screenplays, and ten plays. In 1988, his play From Ganges to Demerary was staged at York University, Toronto, Canada. He won The Vera Rubin Residency Award at Yaddo. In 2005 he was awarded the Kavya Mani Award. He holds an MFA and a Ph.D. degree.