This is the tenth episode in our new RAH! Podcast mini series – A Short Introduction to…
In this episode I will be speaking to Monique Roffey about magical realism in contemporary fiction.
We will cover:
• The origins of the genre and its use by South American and Caribbean writers
• The magic of the everyday in the Caribbean and how sometimes real life can be stranger than fiction
• And the figure of the mermaid with a focus on Monique’s newest novel, The Mermaid of Black Conch, published by Peepal Tree Press. Available here: https://www.peepaltreepress.com/books/mermaid-black-conch
Episode transcript available soon.
This episode was produced, presented and edited by Lucy Simpson and mixed by Julian Holloway.
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