Isbn: 9789766409388 - by such a parting light: a novel (21 resultados)

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Paperback. Condición: New. Disaster catapults three children into the care of their Caribbean grandparents, before another relative, elusive and perhaps unstable, makes a conflicting claim to guardianship. Balancing domestic calamity against her own compulsive writing, Aria faces physical and psychological threats, as a pandemic creeps up on the world and the country moves into lockdown. By Such a Parting Light offers a humorous and poignant tale of aging and of coming of age, and it takes a mischievous approach to the multiple meanings of retirement. A must for all readers of Caribbean and island literature - for readers with a taste for realism that blends seamlessly into strains of the marvelous and gothic - the novel's themes of loss and separation, love and resilience, are universally appealing.  The book personalizes local and international violence and terror by bringing it all home to a small country in an international context of uncontained infection and catastrophic politics. Turning an astonished eye on developed nations from the frail shelter of a tiny island, the tale unveils alternative notions of civilization and enlightenment.…

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Paperback. Condición: New. Disaster catapults three children into the care of their Caribbean grandparents, before another relative, elusive and perhaps unstable, makes a conflicting claim to guardianship. Balancing domestic calamity against her own compulsive writing, Aria faces physical and psychological threats, as a pandemic creeps up on the world and the country moves into lockdown. By Such a Parting Light offers a humorous and poignant tale of aging and of coming of age, and it takes a mischievous approach to the multiple meanings of retirement. A must for all readers of Caribbean and island literature - for readers with a taste for realism that blends seamlessly into strains of the marvelous and gothic - the novel's themes of loss and separation, love and resilience, are universally appealing.  The book personalizes local and international violence and terror by bringing it all home to a small country in an international context of uncontained infection and catastrophic politics. Turning an astonished eye on developed nations from the frail shelter of a tiny island, the tale unveils alternative notions of civilization and enlightenment.…

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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Disaster catapults three children into the care of their Caribbean grandparentsbefore another relative, elusive and perhaps unstable, makes a conflicting claimto guardianship. Balancing domestic calamity against her own compulsivewriting, Aria faces physical and psychological threats as a pandemic creeps upon the world and the country moves into lockdown. By Such a Parting Lightoffers a humorous and poignant tale of aging and of coming of age, and it takesa mischievous approach to the multiple meanings of retirement.A must for all readers of Caribbean and island literature - for readers with ataste for realism that blends seamlessly into strains of the marvelous and gothic the novel's themes of loss and separation, love and resilience, are universallyappealing. The book personalizes local and international violence and terror bybringing it all home to a small country in an international context of uncontainedinfection and catastrophic politics. Turning an astonished eye on developednations from the frail shelter of a tiny island, the tale unveils alternative notionsof civilization and enlightenment.…

Condición: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. &Uumlber den AutorBARBARA LALLA is Professor Emerita, Language and Literature, the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. Her many publications include the novels One Thousand Eyes, Grounds for Tenure, Uncle B.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. By Such a Parting Light | Barbara Lalla | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2024 | University of the West Indies Press | EAN 9789766409388 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…