Nowhereian. Stories (en Inglés) - Rabindranath Maharaj

A nowhereian is a hotfoot dreamer, a restless man or woman forever adrift and looking for a place that exists only in the clouds.

Rabindranath Maharaj’s latest collection of stories centres around the nowhereian, a familiar figure in the Caribbean imagination. To a Trinidadian, a nowhereian is a person with no fixed address, someone who lives on the fringes of society, either through displacement or through wanderlust. Depending on the speaker’s tone, it’s a term that can be a mild insult, an amused observation or even a backhanded compliment. In this collection of stories, split between Trinidad and Canada, Maharaj looks deeply into the lives of those who are caught in between: A young women taking her first job, an actor at the end of his life, a recent immigrant struggling to settle in Canada, a student looking for a new beginning and many more. Maharaj deftly examines their experiences of change and dislocation in rich, layered prose, bringing readers unforgettable stories of striving and dreaming, of loss and hope.

In this collection of stories, split between Trinidad and Canada, Maharaj deftly examines the lives of those experiencing change and dislocation in rich, layered prose, bringing readers unforgettable stories of striving and dreaming, of loss and hope.