The Intended - Couverture souple

Dabydeen, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845230132 ISBN 13 : 9781845230135

Editeur : Peepal Tree Press Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

Exploring rites of passage in London's Asian community, this semiautobiographical novel follows a young Indo-Guyanese narrator from his South American village to Great Britain. With determination and self-discipline he seizes opportunities of education and upward mobility, but struggles to keep his cultural identity alive through memories of his childhood. This sophisticated postcolonial text links language and character to reveal the social divisions, educational obstacles, and self-exploration of a struggling foreigner in the mid-20th century.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

David Dabydeen is the director of the Center for Caribbean Studies and a professor at the Center for British Comparative Cultural Studies at the University of Warwick. He is also Guyana's ambassador-at-large and a member of UNESCO's executive board. He is the author of A Harlot's Progress and Turner, and the poetry collection Slave Song, which won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Peepal Tree Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845230132
• ISBN 13: 9781845230135
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 246
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible