Austin Clarke

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  • Bibliography:
    9 Books
  • First Book:
    May 1987
  • Latest Book:
    October 2020
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Books in Order: 9 titles

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  • When He Was Free and Young and He Used to Wear Silks

    Now available after over four decades, the first collection of short fiction from bestselling author and Barbadian-born Canadian luminary Austin Clarke -- winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and the Trillium Bo...

  • They Never Told Me

    In this collection, award-winning author Austin Clarke has caught, in his characters, a sweet longing for youth and an anxiety-stricken rage at old age; an immigrant's longing for a placid, lost home and his lust for a new high-speed motorcar life; a...

  • More

    At the news of her son BJ's involvement in gang crime, Idora Morrison, a maid at the local university, collapses in her basement apartment. For four days and nights she retreats into a vortex of memory, pain, and disappointment that becomes a rivetin...

  • In This City

    Poignantly capturing the sorrow and torment of the dispossessed, this collection of stories focuses on the contemporary experiences of urban dwellers longing for a place to call home. Private lives and intimate pains are made public, and the rawness ...

  • There Are No Elders

    A compelling collection exploring the lives of Afro-Caribbean immigrants in Canada. These eight short stories delve into the experiences of displaced persons living in contemporary society, marked by a richness of language and rhythm that is authenti...

  • The Polished Hoe

    When Mary-Mathilda, one of the most respected women of the island of Bimshire (also known as Barbados) calls the police to confess to a crime, the result is a shattering all-night vigil that brings together elements of the island's African past an...

  • The Question

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  • The Meeting Point

    This is the first book in Austin Clarke's acclaimed trilogy about a group of West Indian domestics, their friends, lovers, spouses and employers living in Toronto. In rich, exuberant language, the novel illuminates the world of Bernice Leach, a Barba...

  • Nine Men Who Laughed



Award-Winning Books by Austin Clarke

The Polished Hoe
2002 Scotiabank Giller Prize -- Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Austin Clarke has published 9 books.

Austin Clarke does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, When He Was Free and Young and He Used to Wear Silks, was published in October 2020.

The first book by Austin Clarke, Nine Men Who Laughed, was published in May 1987.

No. Austin Clarke does not write books in series.
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