Shadows Move Among Them - Couverture souple

Mittelholzer, Edgar

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845230914 ISBN 13 : 9781845230913

Editeur : Peepal Tree Press Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

Portraying the dark, authoritarian side of the utopian dream, this classic novel tells the story of the Reverend Harmston, a man devoted to building a microsociety in which there is a balance between the order that is necessary to produce livelihood and the freedom to fully explore sexuality. Setting up a commune in the remote Guyanese forest with the creed, "Hard work, frank love, and wholesome play," the reverend attempts to construct an ideal society that opens up cross-cultural dialogue between the spirit of European enlightenment and the culture of the native Amerindians. Underneath its generally comic tone, however, there are notes of a darker spirit at play--such as Harmston's unquestioned authority and the brutal punishments he hands out--that eerily foreshadow the actual 1978 Jonestown Massacre, a violent event that occurred 27 years after the novel's initial publication.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Edgar Mittelholzer is the author of numerous novels, including My Bones and My Flute, and A Swarthy Boy, his autobiography.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Peepal Tree Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845230914
• ISBN 13: 9781845230913
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible