Sweet Like Saltwater

First published in 1999, Sweet Like Saltwater is considered by some to be a modern Caribbean classic. Written by Indo-Caribbean-Canadian author Raywat Deonandan, it is a collection of award-winning short stories about migration and belonging. Widely critically acclaimed, it was awarded the national book award of the nation of Guyana (the "e;Guyana Prize"e;) in 2000, in the category, "e;Best First Work."e;These stories --about a fanatical cricket fan in rural colonial Guyana, an immigrant girl on the run on a Canadian backroad, a terrifying aquatic encounter in a faraway planetary colony of the future, a meeting of former neighbours on the banks of the Hudson-- probe with acuity and a wry sense of humour the very modern condition of human exile and the search for freedom and belonging. REVIEWS:"e;Deonandan's prose is quirky and engaging . . . at its satirical best it is amusing and incisive..."e; -The Globe and Mail"e;An endless fountain of fertile imagination."e; -Pagitica Magazine"e;Each short story in this volume is exquisitely crafted, as if the writer creates each line like a work of art."e; -India Currents Magazine"e;I could already smell the flowers and spices, the ocean, hear the tigers and different tongues."e; -Danforth Review"e;Like other writers of South Asian background such as Michael Ondaatje, Cyril Dabydeen, Sasenarine Persaud, and Zulfikar Ghose, Deonandan helps readers to understand the enormous cultural diversity of our hemisphere."e; -Americas Magazine"e;Deonandan challenges his readers with the outrageousness that is our modern world, to sit back and ponder the notions of exile and belonging."e; -MyBindi.com"e;Psst, here comes a young writer, crossing your path almost noiselessly, who tells stories in such an unpretentious fashion that one is left wondering about the unbearable lightness of his craftsmanship."e; -The Caribbean Writer