In this complex novel, a gay man who has fled the violence of the city for an island retreat spends his time keeping a journal and writing stories. He invents a female alter-ego who haunts him, as does the ghost of the murderer who occupied his house in the 19th century; ultimately these hauntings are manifestations of his own psychic disintegration. Considered by many to be Dowell’s finest achievement, Island People conveys the fragmentation that results from prolonged isolation.
| ISBN: | 9781564780935 |
| Publication date: | 18th July 1996 |
| Author: | Coleman Dowell |
| Publisher: | Dalkey Archive Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 309 pages |
| Series: | American Literature (Dalkey Archive) |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |