From Imfe who is taken into slavery from Africa, Zero and Quamina
who live under slavery but never submit to being slaves, Bam and
Jane who live to see Emancipation but discover that they have been
given little but the freedom to starve, Tom and Louise who endure
the injustices of the colonial years, to Rocky who takes part in
the popular uprisings for freedom and democracy in the 1930s, "Nor
the Battle to the Strong" is an unrivalled portrayal of the lives
of five generations of a family in Barbados.
"Nor the Battle to the Strong" is a powerful and imaginative work
of grief and hope whose universality is pointed to in the title's
reference to "Ecclesiastes" 'The race is not to the swift, nor the
battle to the strong, for time and chance happeneth to them all.'
It takes the reader through horrors as elemental as those of the
Greek tragedy, through the dark humour of those who endured
generations of human injustice, and all that flood, drought,
hurricane and disease could inflict, to arrive at a hard-won but
liberating vision of the human capacity for freedom, love and
forgiveness. Jackson sings a redemption song which transports the
reader out of darkness into light.
General
Imprint: |
Peepal Tree Press Ltd
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
July 1997 |
Authors: |
Carl Jackson
|
Dimensions: |
210 x 127 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
352 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-948833-97-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
0-948833-97-1 |
Barcode: |
9780948833977 |
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