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ISBN10: 1774150042
ISBN13: 9781774150047
Publisher: Mawenzi House Publ Ltd
Published: Aug 15 2019
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781774150047
Publisher: Mawenzi House Publ Ltd
Published: Aug 15 2019
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
A novel of a personal and intellectual quest in postwar Trinidad.
In the post-war Caribbean colony, as an earlier generation thinks of returning to India, Foster, a young man, goes to England and Rufus his brother leaves for the United States, each in search of himself and his world.
Combining his characteristic humour with a vivid sense of place, Selvon's An Island is a World tells a moving story of personal and intellectual quest in our time.
With an introduction by Kenneth Ramchand.
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