This irresistible, bittersweet collection of short stories from the supreme chronicler of West Indian lives in Britain brings together two worlds: Trinidad and London. Here is an illicit love affair on a plantation, gossip and rivalry between village washerwomen, a boy rebelling against his parents' traditions. Here too is life after leaving for England: hustling for work, eking out money for the gas meter in winter, dancing in clubs, discovering romance in a night-time park, experiencing unexpected kindness, dreams and disenchantment.
- Publisher: Penguin Classics UK
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Publication date:
01/02/2024
- ISBN: 9780241654538
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Page extent:
192
- Format: Paperback
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Dimensions:
198 mm x 129 mm
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