Shadows Move Among Them (Paperback)

Portraying the dark, authoritarian side of the utopian dream, this classic novel tells the story of the Reverend Harmston, a man devoted to building a microsociety in which there is a balance between the order that is necessary to produce livelihood and the freedom to fully explore sexuality. Setting up a commune in the remote Guyanese forest with the creed, "Hard work, frank love, and wholesome play," the reverend attempts to construct an ideal society that opens up cross-cultural dialogue between the spirit of European enlightenment and the culture of the native Amerindians. Underneath its generally comic tone, however, there are notes of a darker spirit at play--such as Harmston's unquestioned authority and the brutal punishments he hands out--that eerily foreshadow the actual 1978 Jonestown Massacre, a violent event that occurred 27 years after the novel's initial publication.

General

Imprint:	Peepal Tree Press Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Caribbean Modern Classics
Release date:	July 2010
First published:	June 2010
Authors:	Edgar Mittelholzer
Dimensions:	227 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-1-84523-091-3
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	1-84523-091-4
Barcode:	9781845230913

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