The stories in this OCM Bocas Prize winning collection range over almost a hundred years, from around the time of the second world war to the present. Jamaica is the setting but the range of characters presented are universally recognisable as people in crisis or on the cusp of transformation.Â

The Pain Tree
Country of Authorship: Jamaica
Author: Olive Senior
Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Cormorant Books
Publication Year: 2015