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  • Still life with Oleanders
  • Family relations; Death ; Childhood and youth
  • Thaddeus, a young boy, mourns the passing of his grandmother as he soon realizes that his life is about to change and those of his adult relatives too who must each work through their own problems brought on by the old lady’s death.
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
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  • Princess Alice, Mrs. Taylor and the Head Undergraduate, 1950.
  • Chancellors - Caribbean Area, English-speaking; Princess Alice of Athlone; Taylor, T. W. J. (Mrs.); Hamilton-Smith, B. A. Q.
  • *Princess Alice (right) and Mrs. T.W.J. Taylor (to her far left), wife of the first Principal of the UCWI, and Head Undergraduate (centre), B. A. Q. Hamilton-Smith. Her Royal Higness Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, was appointed by His...
  • UWI Historical Photographs Collection
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  • Remote control
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Peter, the poet, is torn between two women - Sylvia, his wife representing the subjective part of mind, and Claire, his mistress and the objective part. As he sets off in the night to visit Claire, the journey affords him time to contemplate and...
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
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  • The China Pig
  • Marriage ; Adultery
  • Henry, though married, finds himself developing a growing passion for Crystal, his friend Paul’s wife. She obviously shares his feelings and he tries very hard to resist but his attempts prove futile until Paul brings matters to a head by talking...
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
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  • The miracle
  • Family relationships ; Man-woman relationships
  • Henry finally came around to accepting the hard labour in the field as his lot, although he had tried very hard to escape the rut. However, he felt guilty of having his wife, a former teacher who could have married better, sharing it with him all...
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
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  • The Situation in the Caribbean Islands
  • Caribbean Area-Civilization-African influences; Caribbean Area-Politics and government; Caribbean Area-Economic conditions; Education-Caribbean Area; Black-power-Caribbean Area; South Africa-Relations-Caribbean Area
  • This paper examines Africa from the perspective of the Caribbean. It also gives a quick rundown of Caribbean education, economics, politics, and culture. The study continues with a look at South Africa's relations with the Caribbean.
  • Rupert Lewis Collection
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  • The sorry ostrich
  • Death ; Grief
  • Swallowed up with grief at the loss of his wife, Sam refuses to be consoled or to return to work, until Penny comes calling. He sees through the artificiality of her grief and how dissimilarity to his dear wife. This sudden knowledge helps him to...
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
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  • The white wing
  • Marriage ; Man-woman relationships
  • While the wife basks in the satisfaction of the orderly life she has created in Jamaica after migrating from England, her husband feels trapped like a bird in a cage because circumstances force him to be too dependent on his wife who seems intent...
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
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  • Till the end of time
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Clive told her he wanted the beautiful black girl to be his model, but his wife doubted his intentions were that honourable. Accusing his wife of jealousy, Clive attempts to engage the services of the said beauty at the nightclub and this leads to...
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
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  • World's end
  • Death ; Loss ; Fathers and sons
  • The old man’s world seems to have come to an end with the death of his donkey, his only means of making a living. As he and his son inform the regular customers on his donkey cart route, a few show sympathy but most appear indifferent. Only when he...
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
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  • World's End
  • Death; Loss; Fathers and sons
  • The old man’s world seems to have come to an end with the death of his donkey, his only means of making a living. As he and his son inform the regular customers on his donkey cart route, a few show sympathy but most appear indifferent. Only when he...
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
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  • You gotta go home
  • Marriage ; Loss
  • A couple waits on the piazza for the rain to stop so each can go his/her separate ways, but even as the rain ceases falling, the wife finds it hard to leave and it is up to the husband to make the final move.
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles

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