A Perfect Pledge
Idioma: inglés
Editorial: Knopf Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2005
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As New, A Barely Read Copy. - No Notes, Names or Markings. No Torn Or Folded Pages. May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Corners, Edges, and/or Spine. - For More Information On Condition. Please View All Images. It Is 1961 And Trinidad, At Once A Lush Island Paradise And A Poverty-Stricken Hole, Is Inching Toward Independence. Narpat, A Sugar Cane Farmer, Finds Himself Caught At The Crossroads Of A Changing World. He Is A Hard-Working Man Of Modest Means, And Is Sickened By The Corruption And Materialism Running Rampant On The Island. He Thinks His Neighbors Are Greedy, Shiftless, And Enslaved To The Rumshop. But Narpat Is Different. He Contrasts The Helplessness Of The Islanders With The Resourcefulness Of His Ancient Aryans, And Through A Series Of Stringent Moral Codes And Dietary Injunctions, Sets About To Create Order Within His Family And The Village. His Rules Impose A Great Deal Of Deprivation On His Wife And Four Children, And His Wife Must Wage Her Own Battle Against Her Husband's Ensuing Neglect. Then Narpat Decides To Single-Handedly Build A Factory To Prevent The Loss Of His Livelihood. Narpat's Youngest Son Jeeves Watches His Father's Obsession With The Factory, Watches His Mother's Health Decline, And Watches As She Dies. Unable To Prevent His Mother's Death, He Tries To Redeem His Father By Constantly Reminding Him Of The Fables The Older Man Told To His Young Children. And These Fables With Their Undertones Of Pledges And Duty Steel The Son For A Terrible Sacrifice. In A Perfect Pledge, Maharaj Combines A Dickensian Rendering Of The Effects Of Poverty, Caste, Envy, Superstition,Corruption And Bigotry With Vivid, Complex Characters And Gorgeous Writing, In A Novel That Celebrates Both The Resilience Of The Human Spirit And The Heartbreak Of Failed Dreams.…
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- Título
- A Perfect Pledge
- Autor
- Maharaj, Rabindranath
- Editorial
- Knopf Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Año de publicación
- 2005
- Estado
- As New
- Sobrecubierta
- As New
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- Idioma
- inglés
- ISBN 10
- 0676976476
- ISBN 13
- 9780676976472
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Peso del artículo
- 850 libras
- Dimensiones
- Canada
- Catálogos de vendedores
- Canadian Fiction
The novel begins with the birth of a child to Narpat and Dulari in the village of Lengua in the late 1950s. Geevan, known universally as Jeeves, is the son that Narpat, an irascible cane farmer, has long wished for to add to his three daughters. But, growing up in his father's shadow, Jeeves develops into a scrawny, quiet, somewhat sickly boy-not helped by Narpat's unusual dietary pronouncements, including his insistence that Jeeves eat properly purgative foods.
On one level, A Perfect Pledge" "is a compelling story of the intricacies of family life - of the complex relationships between husband and wife, parents and children - set in a lopsided hut with, when the book begins, no electricity or indoor plumbing. Narpat, the patriarch, is an engrossing character, a self-proclaimed "futurist" with no patience for religious "simi-dimi." His ideas to improve his family and his village's lot are sometimes inspired, but sometimes seem crazy; occasionally they fall somewhere in between.
The novel follows the family's progress, from the purchase of a cow named Gangadaye, through the children's schooling, to Narpat's almost solitary efforts tobuild a factory on his land, interspersed with accidents, weddings, conflict and much more besides. Through these events A Perfect Pledge" "becomes a subtle portrait not only of Narpat but of the forbearance and irritation of his wife Dulari and their daughters' clashing personalities, often seen through the observant, hungry eyes of the young Jeeves.
But A Perfect Pledge takes up other subjects too. As well as the story of a family's struggles, it is a vivid portrayal of Trinidad over the last four decades - a deprived and sometimes mad place lurching into modernization. Rural life on the island is particularly hard in the 1960s; the infrastructure is ramshackle and always on the cusp of being taken back by nature. But the village of Lengua is a cauldron boiling with village politics, Hollywood movies, neighbourly rivalries, ayurvedic healing and much else. And while it is both panoramic and empathic, A Perfect Pledge" "is also a deeply pleasurable read: its elegant narrative tone is enriched by the astonishing improvisations of a Trinidadian English infused with Indian, British, American and other influences. Not a page passes without some jaw-dropping turn of phrase, from icy hots to scrapegoats, dreamsanhope to couteyahs.
A Perfect Pledge" "follows its characters through years of growth, challenges, and in Narpat's case, eventual decline. As he gets older, Narpat stiffens into himself, his plans becoming ever more Quixotic and even dangerous. Jeeves, meanwhile, is trying to step clear of his bad beginnings and become an independent, self-sufficient man, while honouring his family ties (something his sisters conspicuously fail to do). A Perfect Pledge" "is a funny andmoving book that portrays the struggles of an entire society; but the difficult relationship between father and son is ultimately at its heart.
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Narpat thought he would never have a son, but after three girls, his wife gives birth to Jeeves, a scrawny little boy who comes to adore his storytelling father and wishes only to share in the old man's "futurist" ambitions. The lopsided family home has no indoor plumbing or electricity and Narpat's wife, Dulari, who thought marriage to a Brahmin would mean a life with creature comforts, longs for a little convenience. But Narpat eschews materialism and insists that his family go without many of the treats that others take for granted. His dietary pronouncements are hilarious, and Jeeves especially is made to eat a strict diet with the appropriate balance of nutritive and purgative foods. Through Jeeves's eyes, we see Narpat in his dealings with fellow villagers, a range of Dickensian characters such as Huzaifa, a Muslim who is close to Narpat but makes himself scarce whenever his friend is engaged in schemes involving manual labour; David Doon, newly arrived on the island after a sojourn in Canada, who dreams of becoming a writer, is seduced by the gossip in the village rumshops -- grist for the literary mill -- and eventually just by the rum; and a man known simply as the Manager -- an interfering, small-time swindler who hangs out at the local school.
Reminiscent of Rohinton Mistry and V. S. Naipaul, A Perfect Pledge follows Narpat as his obsessions grow more quixotic and as Jeeves tries to save himfrom what he knows must inevitably follow.
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