Molly Reilly: Caribbean Women's Writing

Shape-shifter by Pauline Melville

Shape-shifter, a collection of short stories written by Paulin Melville, introduced me aspects of Caribbean women’s writing and was a good introduction to the topic. Out of the three stories we read, I found “A Quarrelsome Man” to be most interesting. In this story the “Pistol-Man” and his son Avalon meet a woman named Vera…