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A review by 2treads
Trinidad Noir: The Classics by Robert Antoni, Earl Lovelace
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
– Her son is not yet a man and she knows that makes him both more dangerous and more vulnerable – from The Dragonfly's Tale
From the introduction we knew going in that the Noir stories chronicled here, would for the most part, not fit into the sexy, gritty style that has been used to define the 'genre'. This made this collection even more desirable to us. Because if is one thing we can count on wi Caribbean bredren and sistren to do, is to push against the grain.
With these stories, our authors are exploring topics that even though aren't outright violent, violatory, vengeful or devious, come with their own weight of despair and loss. A certain anxiety of purpose follows our characters as they exist in a land that is theirs and not, hoping for a future where they will not be beholden to the colonial power, yet dreading the impact of residual colonial systems.
Poems that tell a tale as good as any short fiction, that clearly communicate the bonds, hurts, ways in which our communities grow and change. The stories mingle hope, anger, unbelonging, societal hierarchies, and depression. All of which weigh on our characters and their actions.
From the mother driven to procure justice for her young son to the woman forced to exchange her body for some unknown consideration to the artist willing to pay a jumbie's price for recognition, #TrinidadNoir offers stories that are original and that press the reader to ponder the ways in which Noir adjusts to fit the time, space, country, people, and place.
From the introduction we knew going in that the Noir stories chronicled here, would for the most part, not fit into the sexy, gritty style that has been used to define the 'genre'. This made this collection even more desirable to us. Because if is one thing we can count on wi Caribbean bredren and sistren to do, is to push against the grain.
With these stories, our authors are exploring topics that even though aren't outright violent, violatory, vengeful or devious, come with their own weight of despair and loss. A certain anxiety of purpose follows our characters as they exist in a land that is theirs and not, hoping for a future where they will not be beholden to the colonial power, yet dreading the impact of residual colonial systems.
Poems that tell a tale as good as any short fiction, that clearly communicate the bonds, hurts, ways in which our communities grow and change. The stories mingle hope, anger, unbelonging, societal hierarchies, and depression. All of which weigh on our characters and their actions.
From the mother driven to procure justice for her young son to the woman forced to exchange her body for some unknown consideration to the artist willing to pay a jumbie's price for recognition, #TrinidadNoir offers stories that are original and that press the reader to ponder the ways in which Noir adjusts to fit the time, space, country, people, and place.
Content Warnings
Minor: Death and Gun violence