First published in 1954, The Orchid House, Phyllis Shand Allfrey's
only published novel, is a classic of Caribbean literature. In this
markedly autobiographical story of the three daughters of a
once-powerful but now impoverished white family, Allfrey
interweaves her family's history with the history of her home
island of Dominica in the twentieth century. The novel is written
in a sensuous style and the story remarkably told through the eyes
of Lally, the black nurse of the three sisters. Often praised for
the clear-sightedness of its analysis of the Dominican historical
process, The Orchid House stands at a crucial intersection of West
Indian politics. It was during this period that the colonized took
over from the colonizer the direction of local governments.
Allfrey, a Fabian socialist and founder of Dominica's first
political party, articulates in this novel the central tenet of a
political philosophy that guided a lifetime of grassroots activism:
that profound changes had to take place in the power structures of
Caribbean societies to bring social justice to its peoples, and
that those who persevered in seeking to revive the past were
doomed. This edition makes this classic novel available in
paperback for the first time in years.
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