Chopstix in Mauby: A metaphor of magical realism

by Marina AMA Omowale Maxwell

Djuna is not prepared to accept her role in a society which 'limited life to a too sweet, thick, encompassing, unforgiving mauby bitter sweet'. She becomes a devotee in the Orisha chappelles, her feeling that she possesses special capacities confirmed when the priestess tells her, 'You could be whole... since you have all the energies'. Djuna must now discipline her life to the difficult task of controlling the divine forces within her which manifest in possession and trance, and fulfilling her gifts as a healer of broken spirits.

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996