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James Berry

    James Berry était un poète et écrivain dont l'œuvre est reconnue pour son mélange saisissant d'anglais standard et de patois jamaïcain. Immigré de la Jamaïque vers l'Angleterre dans les années 1940, son écriture explore les thèmes de l'identité culturelle et de la richesse linguistique. Le style poétique de Berry est énergique et rythmique, capturant souvent la beauté brute et la complexité des mondes qu'il dépeint. Ses contributions à la littérature célèbrent la fusion des cultures et des langues.

    The Emperor's Tomb
    Only One of Me
    A Story About Afiya
    A Story About Aifya
    The Carnival of the Animals
    My Experiences as an Executioner
    • My Experiences as an Executioner

      • 152pages
      • 6 heures de lecture

      Focusing on the life and methods of an executioner, this memoir details James Berry's experiences and innovations in the practice of hanging, particularly the long drop method aimed at minimizing suffering. Berry shares personal accounts of his first execution, various techniques, and reflections on capital punishment. The book also includes contributions from H. Snowden Ward and an introductory essay on Anne Green's execution, providing a historical context to Berry's insights into the moral complexities of his role.

      My Experiences as an Executioner
      4,0
    • The Carnival of the Animals

      Poems Inspired by Saint-Saëns' Music

      • 32pages
      • 2 heures de lecture

      Combining specially commissioned work by 13 acclaimed modern poets with illustrations by Satoshi Kitamura, this package also includes a CD featuring each of the poems read aloud to the corresponding animal music.

      The Carnival of the Animals
      3,5
    • Some people have dresses for every occasion but Afiya needs only one. Her dress records the memories of her childhood, from roses in bloom to pigeons in flight, from tigers at the zoo to October leaves falling. A joyful celebration of a young girl's childhood, written by the late multi-award-winning Jamaican poet James Berry OBE.

      A Story About Aifya
      3,0
    • A Story About Afiya

      • 32pages
      • 2 heures de lecture

      Age range 5 to 9Some people have dresses for every occasion but Afiya needs only one. Her dress records the memories of her childhood, from roses in bloom to pigeons in flight, from tigers at the zoo to October leaves falling.

      A Story About Afiya
      3,7
    • Only One of Me is a wonderful collection of the best poems for children from one of the most widely celebrated poets in Britain, James Berry, featuring an introduction by John Agard.

      Only One of Me
    • The Emperor's Tomb

      • 436pages
      • 16 heures de lecture

      Former government operative Cotton Malone teams with old heartthrob Cassiopeia Vitt on a dangerous mission to retrieve a priceless Chinese lamp from the third century B.C.E.

      The Emperor's Tomb
      4,0