Short stories
Voices: Seychelles Short Stories
Glynn Burridge · 2000
Synopsis
A composite collection of short stories set on the outer islands of the Seychelles. Amateur fishermen find themselves threatened by an enormous shark, other stories tell of the fragility of life in the face of the sea, and an English hotel manager comes up, comically, against local beliefs. There are also supernatural tales, memories of settling on the islands, historical essays and a long story about Victorian-era piracy, set around an archipelago peopled by those who arrived there.
Context
The collection was published by Nighthue Publications, in a second edition dated 2000 running to 319 pages, and has since been reissued with additional stories. According to the review in A Year of Reading the World, it makes the Seychelles a country of immigrants, where everyone arrives and takes root over the generations, and the author shows an intimate knowledge of the practical life of the islands, even if the prose is uneven from one genre to another.
Who it is for
Short stories in English, easy to read, for anyone who wants to learn about life on the remote islands of the archipelago.
Prizes and reception
The BBC praised these stories, and they are among the books recommended for discovering Seychelles.
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