A story of deprivation, exploitation, and death set in MEXICO and SPAIN
The Mermaid of Black Conch
Location(s): Caribbean
Genre(s): Biography, Fiction
Era(s): 1976
*Winner of the Costa Novel Award 2020*
March 1976: St Constance, a tiny Caribbean village on the island of Black Conch, at the start of the rainy season. A fisherman sings to himself in his pirogue, waiting for a catch but attracts a sea-dweller he doesn’t expect. Aycayia, a beautiful young woman cursed by jealous wives to live as a mermaid, has been swimming the Caribbean Sea for centuries. And she is entranced by this man David and his song.
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