Miguel Street

Author: V. S. Naipaul
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 0307370615
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description
To the residents of Miguel Street, a derelict corner of Trinidad’s capital, their neighbourhood is a complete world, where everybody is quite different from everybody else. There’s Popo the carpenter, who neglects his livelihood to build “the thing without a name;” Man-man, who goes from running for public office to staging his own crucifixion; Big Foot, the dreaded bully with glass tear ducts; and the lovely Mrs. Hereira, in thrall to her monstrous husband. Their lives (and the legends their neighbours construct around them) are rendered by V. S. Naipaul with Dickensian verve and Chekhovian compassion in this tender, funny novel.

Miguel Street

Author: Vidiadhar S. Naipaul
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 172

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Miguel Street

Author: V. S. Naipaul
Publisher: Heinemann
ISBN: 9780435989545
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
The time is World War II, the setting a derelict street in Trinidad's capital, Port of Spain. In this tender early novel, Naipaul renders the residents' lives (and the legends that arise around them) with Dickensian verve and Chekhovian compassion. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Green Days by the River

Author: Michael Anthony
Publisher: Heinemann
ISBN: 9780435989552
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
Another perceptive novel about a boy on the edge of adult responsibilities. It is the story of Shellie, a Trinidadian boy who moves to a new village and there meets two girls. He is charmed by Rosalie but he is attracted to the more cheerful and accessible Joan. Introduction by Gareth Griffiths.

Miguel Street

Author: Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788474440454
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 222

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Miguel Street

Author: Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789722023054
Category : Boys
Languages : pt-BR
Pages : 207

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Miguel street

Author: Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782264019134
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 231

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Miguel Street

Author: Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788439710509
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : es
Pages : 0

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Caribbean Literature. A critical analysis of the issues raised in texts by Mais, Lamming, Naipaul and Walcott

Author: Mathias Mwinzi
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 3668359415
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 15

Book Description
Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Literature - Carribean, , language: English, abstract: Caribbean literature is the combination of works from the islands of the Caribbean. The Caribbean islands are also called the home of the noble savage because they were islands of primitive men. These islands have no large mass of land and are distant from the rest of the world. The attachment of the dwellers to their individual islands have been a problem to the growth of a broader and unified Caribbean culture. To most Caribbean writers their landscapes are an important aspect of literature. The Caribbean writers have similar issues that they raise in their text because they share similar social, economical, political and historical challenges. This is because literature writers write texts that mirror their societies. Issues that are raised in literary texts from the Caribbean texts vary from discrimination, role of women, violence, weak family units and disillusionment

The Routledge Companion to Anglophone Caribbean Literature

Author: Michael A. Bucknor
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136821732
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 883

Book Description
The Routledge Companion to Anglophone Caribbean Literature offers a comprehensive, critically engaging overview of this increasingly significant body of work. The volume is divided into six sections that consider: the foremost figures of the Anglophone Caribbean literary tradition and a history of literary critical debate textual turning points, identifying key moments in both literary and critical history and bringing lesser known works into context fresh perspectives on enduring and contentious critical issues including the canon, nation, race, gender, popular culture and migration new directions for literary criticism and theory, such as eco-criticism, psychoanalysis and queer studies the material dissemination of Anglophone Caribbean literature and generic interfaces with film and visual art This volume is an essential text that brings together sixty-nine entries from scholars across three generations of Caribbean literary studies, ranging from foundational critical voices to emergent scholars in the field. The volume's reach of subject and clarity of writing provide an excellent resource and springboard to further research for those working in literature and cultural studies, postcolonial and diaspora studies as well as Caribbean studies, history and geography.