Black Midas - Couverture souple

Carew, Jan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0582765749 ISBN 13 : 9780582765740

Editeur : Longman, 1980

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Astonishingly vivid, bawdy, and tempestuous, this novel is a cautionary tale about greed and class conflict in postcolonial Guyana. Comparing ruthless 20th-century prospectors to the long-ago Spanish explorers who raped a continent in their quest for El Dorado, the novel follows the dreams and delusions of Aron Smart, a youth orphaned early in life and brought up on a farm by his grandparents who impressed upon him the value of an education. When Aron's schooling is cut short after a reversal of fortune, however, he becomes deeply discouraged by his lack of opportunity and decides to follow in his father's footsteps as a diamond prospector. He quickly becomes very rich--his companions in the mines call him Shark--and he is determined to use his new wealth to buy his way into the middle class. But Aron is out of his element in the world of property and prestige, and, cheated of his fortune, he returns to the interior, mining with a reckless madness that leaves him terribly maimed in an accident--and causes him to dream of returning to his grandfather's life, built on the solid rhythms of farming and caring for the land.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Jan Carew is a native of Guyana and a former professor at Northwestern University and Princeton University. He is the author of "The Last Barbarian," "Moscow Is Not My Mecca," and "The Wild Coast," as well as children's books, plays, and a collection of poetry. He lives in Louisville, Kentucky.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Longman
• Date d'édition: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0582765749
• ISBN 13: 9780582765740
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192