Disparate worlds collide in Williams's two novellas. In 'My Planet
of Ras' a young German woman joins a Rastafarian commune in
Jamaica. Under the guidance of Selassie, reader and healer with
herbs, Ikael, artist-painter, and Kilmanjaro, master drummer, and
under the healing influence of 'the herb of nations' she learns to
marvel, and to understand the true nature of community ('You and I
talking, one and one - that is community! Hardest thing to build
these days. Not enough empty reflecting silence, like mortar, to
build with'). Williams' portrayal of the rootedness, the inner calm
and visionary enlightment of the group is movingly convincing, not
least because the novella realistically conveys the group's
vulnerability, temptations and the costs of their denials. In their
rejection of materialism and competition, they indeed have to live
as if they are on another planet, constantly threatened by the
surrounding Babylon.
'What Happening There, Prash', is a contrary and equally convincing
portrayal of the magnetic pull of North America and its offer of
the possibilities of individual recognition, competitive edge and
material success. Prash and his wife Sookmoon abandon the decaying
'socialist' republic of Guyana for New York and for Sookmoon, at
least, there is the chance, eagerly seized, to remake her life as a
liberated woman. But when Prash gets mixed up in some serious drugs
business, he discovers that the freedom of the market has its
price.
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