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Ti-Jean and His Brothers

By Derek Walcott
Setting: 
Evening, rain, the heights of a forest. A cricket, a frog, a firefly, a bird. Left, a hut with bare table, an empty bowl, stools. The mother waiting.
No. acts: 
1

Synopsis

A parable of three sons and how each fares with the devil, especially Ti-Jean, "a fool like all heroes," who passed through the tangled opinions of this life, loosening the rotting
faggots of knowledge from old men to bear them safely on his shoulder

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Publications

Title Year Publisher NT Library
Ti-Jean and his brothers 1984 Paria- Port of Spain No
Plays for Today 1985 Longman No