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Die the Long Day

Die the Long Day

Patterson, Orlando
Poynting, Jeremy

Paperback

Series: Caribbean Modern Classics

General FictionHistorical FictionLiterary Fiction

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ISBN10: 1845236173
ISBN13: 9781845236175
Publisher: Peepal Tree Press
Published: Sep 24 2026
Pages: 226
Language: English
When Die the Long Day was first published in 1972, it was immediately recognised as a novel that speaks not only to Jamaica's history of slavery but also to its modern condition. Then Prime Minister Michael Manley described its psychological insight as illuminating our present condition, arguing that it dissected historical roots with unusual subtlety. The novel's relevance has continued into contemporary debates on slavery and reparations, with scholar David Scott calling it a philosophic novel, an exemplary work of moral literary fiction that creates space for reflection. The story centres on Quasheba, whose courage and moral resolve drive her to consider sacrificing herself to protect her daughter from exploitation by a plantation manager. Around her, Patterson builds a complex social world, including Cicero, her partner, who tests the possibilities of dignity and agency under enslavement, and Africanus, an estate healer and Myal leader torn between loyalty to the enslaved community and his proximity to plantation power. Through these intertwined lives, the novel explores the inner realities of slavery with psychological depth and moral complexity.

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