Set in the fictional village of Wallaceville, this collection of seven stories explores the impact of disruptive forces on local lives in Belize. These narratives depict a range of experiences, from comic mishaps to tragic excesses, all influenced by an elusive "Belize beast-time." Through its fable-like structure, the book delves into the emotional complexities and uncertainties faced by residents in a tourist-driven society, highlighting the struggle to maintain paradise amidst chaos.
There are beastly forces in Belize. Forces that are actively involved in making paradise impossible. On the Nervous Edge of an Impossible Paradise is a collection of seven stories about local lives in the fictional village of Wallaceville. They turn rogue in the face of runaway forces that take the form and figure of a Belize beast-time, which can appear as a comic mishap, social ruin, tragic excess, or wild guesses. Inciting the affective politics of life in the region, this fable of emergence evokes the unnerving uncertainties of life in the tourist state of Belize.