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The Book of Trinidad
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Geometrisation of 3-manifolds
The Geometrisation Conjecture was proposed by William Thurston in the mid 1970s in order to classify compact 3-manifolds by means of a canonical decomposition along essential, embedded surfaces into pieces that possess geometric structures. It contains the famous Poincaré Conjecture as a special case. In 2002, Grigory Perelman announced a proof of the Geometrisation Conjecture based on Richard Hamilton’s Ricci flow approach, and presented it in a series of three celebrated arXiv preprints. Since then there has been an ongoing effort to understand Perelman’s work by giving more detailed and accessible presentations of his ideas or alternative arguments for various parts of the proof. Thi...
Tales of the Paria Main Road
For Paria Publishing's 35th anniversary and in honour of Gerard A. Besson being awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of the West Indies, we are presenting a limited second edition of his first published work, Tales of the Paria Main Road. First published in 1973, this whimsical book began Gerard's journey into publishing, which lead to the formation of Paria Publishing Company Limited. Tales of the Paria Main Road is comprised of three short stories loosely based on the mis-adventures of Jerry and his friends as a young men in Trinidad during the 1960/70's. It touches on the folklore of Trinidad and Tobago's Afro French culture and introduces the reader to some of the characters who still inhabit to this day the forest of the Paria Main Road. Not all is folklore and tall tales, however. At the time, Trinidad, like much of the world, was changing and this was ever present in the growing social awareness of the "Black Power Movement" which played a big part of our nation's growth, as seen through Besson's eyes."
Essays on Luc Besson
Looking at the career and films of Luc Besson, one of the most acclaimed figures in international cinema, this title covers films ranging from Besson's first feature, 'La Dernier Combat', to the international blockbusters 'The Fifth Element' and 'Joan of Arc'. These essays range from looking at costume design to musical scores.
From the Gates of Aksum
Historical novel on the Caribbean spanning three centuries. Gérard A. Besson has also published The cult of the will (2010), The book of Trinidad (2010) and The voice in the govi (2011).
The Cult of the Will
Discussed in the book are the complex issues of race, history and politics in Caribbean Society. It attempts to change our understanding of the past, so that we may create a more useful future. Additionally, addressed is the question of whether the presidency of Barack Obama may mark the end of the Eric Wiliams narrative of victimhood, scapegoating and irresponsibility as expressed in his politics, and herald the start of a new, New World narrative endowed with empowerment and responsibility.
The Voice in the Govi
Historian and folklorist Gerard Besson takes you back in time to the early formative days of when Trinidad was young, and brings the Afro-French Creole cultural traditions to life in this gripping tale of the triumph of good over evil. This novella weaves a story around several generations of beautiful Caribbean women, who in their devotion to the goddess of love must contend with, and eventually destroy, the evil forces of the great deceiver. Follow their adventures in the wake of wars, revolutions, and changing fortunes. See how they find love, and in exploring their own femininity, discover their deeper and perhaps truer selves. Populated with villainous tricksters and stunning "cafe-un-peu-au-lait" beauties, faithful friends and betrayers of trust, this book is a declaration of love to the woman of the Antilles and to the old French culture of these islands. It speaks in different voices-French, English, Patois, depending on the occasion and the speaker-and comes to a highly dramatic end in a final battle. So, does magic still exist in Trinidad and Tobago, or is it all just a thing of the past?
Roume de Saint Laurent ... a Memoir
A life .... a Caribbean life ... a life of a distinct Franco-Caribbean identity against the backdrop of the all-consuming French Revolution ... a life patchily documented in history ... a life seen through the eyes of the mistress, the wife .... a life of changing shape, of the shape-changer ... a life of political intrigue, of brutal slaughter, of exploration and love ... a life of a Caribbean adventurer, Philippe Rose Roume de St. Laurent. In this book, Besson continues his exploration of the French presence in the Caribbean in the 18th and early 19th century and of the formation of a Creole identity in these islands at a time when Atlas truly shrugged in terms of European history, a quest...
