Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall: Stories - Softcover

Robert Edison Sandiford

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0921852126 ISBN 13: 9780921852124

Publisher: Empyreal Press, 1999

Synopsis

The four stories that make up Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall begin The Chronicles of The Cumberbatch Family: their arrival in Canada from Barbados, their decision to settle on the Island of Montreal and the times they've known since.

These events are largely seen through the eyes of their Canadian-born children, who experience the subtle shifts between the present and the past, new homes and old ones, like the ever changing seasons.

Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall is the first work of fiction to deal with the concerns, fears and aspirations of the offspring of West Indian immigrants living in the province of Quebec by a member of that generation.

About this title

About the Author

Robert Edison Sandiford is the author of two short story collections, Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall (1995) and The Tree of Youth (2005); the graphic story collections Attractive Forces (1997) and Stray Moonbeams (2002); and a travel memoir, Sand for Snow: A Caribbean-Canadian Chronicle (2003). He is a founding editor of ArtsEtc: The Premier Cultural Guide to Barbados, and has worked as book publisher, journalist, video producer, and teacher.

Review

"Honest, elegant and emotionally engaging. Sandiford's insight helps us feel, hear, and see the compassionate world his characters inhabit." -- Elena Rivera, author of Unknowne Land

"This pleasant little book...is rich in the detail of daily life...unpretentious and simple in the best possible sense." -- Canadian Book Review Annual

"Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall is prose, but much of the tone and imagery is poetic." -- The Afro News (Vancouver)

Edition details

• Publisher: Empyreal Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0921852126
• ISBN 13: 9780921852124
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 100