Reviews

Divina Trace by Robert Antoni

paperandpentup's review

2.0

Had high expectations as I love reading Caribbean writing and value award wins. Unfortunately 80% of this book read like nonsense. 10% was photos and descriptions of a baby with severe congenital deformity as a result of incest. The other 10% was a truly beautiful written patois narrative from a white guy who grew up in the Bahamas with Trini parents. Guess I didn’t get it.

miguel's review

5.0

Divina Trace is simply one of the greatest works of literature every written. Following in the tradition of Garcia Marquez, Joyce, and Faulkner, Antoni writes himself into the literary canon with reckless abandon. Antoni's work is, in a sense, self-congratulatory (to put it mildly) as he takes prose to its absolute upper limits. Antoni's ego is well deserved, however, as his complicated prose (while maybe hard to follow) is absolutely beautiful. Read the book, engage with it, and live within it. You won't be disappointed.