Poetry
Naked Eye: Belizean Proverbs and Philosophy
George Seymour Gabb · 1996
Synopsis
A slim collection of sixty-five pages in which George Gabb gathers Belizean proverbs and his own philosophy, in English and in Belizean Creole. Belizean directories describe it as a collection of poems and proverbs, Belizean television as a well-received collection of poems, and the Library of Congress classes it among proverbs in Creole. The pieces are not described one by one; at his death, the author was preparing a revision of it with his son.
Context
The book appeared in 1996 in Belize City, from Kriol Gyal Prodokshans, a small publishing house whose very name is written in Creole. Gabb was then known above all as a sculptor: one of his works appears as a watermark on the hundred-dollar note, another stands at the entrance to Belmopan, and in 1987 he was the first living Belizean artist whose work appeared on a series of stamps. He had been writing since the sixties: his play Ethnic Soul Song was performed at the Caribbean arts festival of 1976, and another was reprinted the same year as this collection in an anthology of Belizean theatre.
Who it is for
A small bilingual book of proverbs and reflections, for those interested in the popular wisdom of Belize.
Prizes and reception
The National Library of Belize lists it, together with a play, among its author's major publications.
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