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Sic Transit Wagon and Other Stories (Paperback) Loot Price: R242
Discovery Miles 2 420
Sic Transit Wagon and Other Stories (Paperback): Barbara Jenkins

Sic Transit Wagon and Other Stories (Paperback)

Barbara Jenkins

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Loot Price R242 Discovery Miles 2 420

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The stories in this collection move from the all-seeing naivete of a child narrator trying to make sense of the world of adults, through the consciousness of the child-become-mother, to the mature perceptions of the older woman taking stock of her life. Set over a timespan from colonial-era Trinidad to the hazards and alarms of its postcolonial present, these stories have, at their core, the experience of uncomfortable change, but seen with a developing sense of its constancy as part of life, and the need for acceptance. The stories deal with the vulnerabilities and shames of a childhood of poverty; the pain of being let down; glimpses of the secret lives of adults; betrayals in love; the temptations of possessiveness; conflicts between the desire for belonging and independence; and the devastation of loss through illness, dementia, and death. What brings each of these not uncommon situations to fresh and vivid life is the quality of the writing: the shape of the stories, the unerring capturing of the rhythms of the voice and a way of seeing that includes a saving sense of humor and the absurd and also delights in the characters that people these stories."

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Imprint: Peepal Tree Press Ltd
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: July 2013
First published: August 2013
Authors: Barbara Jenkins
Dimensions: 206 x 135 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 978-1-84523-214-6
Categories: Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
Books > Fiction > Special features > Short stories
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LSN: 1-84523-214-3
Barcode: 9781845232146

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