“Obeah” and Other Martinican Stories

Marie-Magdeleine Carbet (1902–1996) was a Martinican writer and cultural activist. She was awarded the Caribbean Literary Prize in 1971 for her poetry collection Rose de ta gráce. She also received the Grand Prix Humanitaire for services to arts and letters.E. Anthony Hurley is Associate Professor of Francophone Caribbean and African Literatures in the Department of Africana Studies at Stony Brook University.

• Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Le «Quimbois» Obeah Conte de Pâques: Le Retour Easter Story: The Return Conte de Noël Christmas Story Le Cadeau The Gift Le Capitaine Se Marie The Captain Is Getting Married Les Deux Carrés de Larammée Larammée’s Two Squares La Poupée de Son The Straw Doll Bibliography Afterword: On Translating Carbet

“Hurley reveals fascinating facts about the life of this prolific yet too long neglected Martinican writer, ‘clearly before her time,’ proving that he is the authority on her oeuvre. This bilingual French/ English volume of seven short stories is a gift to scholars, teachers, and students of the Caribbean, especially those interested in women writers and literary history.“—Renée Larrier, author of Autofiction and Advocacy in the Francophone Caribbean