The Ten Incarnations of Adam Avatar
- ISBN-10
- 1845230000
- ISBN-13
- 9781845230005
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 454
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree PressLtd
- Author
- Kevin Baldeosingh
Description
This postmodern historical novel addresses power, sex, and the role of the imagination in constructing social realities. Adam Avatar has been, among other incarnations, a Spanish priest, a slave trader, a white indentured servant, and a female pirate. In each incarnation, however, he is killed at age 50 by his nemesis the Shadowman, a fate he hopes to elude in his life as a Caribbean everyman, with the aid of a psychiatrist. The historical periods of his life are vividly portrayed with Joycean grasp of historical voice, examining the wrongs of each period and discovering the malleability of individuals in different social environments.
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