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Horizons - The Life & Times of Edric Connor (Paperback)
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Horizons - The Life & Times of Edric Connor (Paperback)
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Loot Price R533
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The brilliant autobiography of one of the Caribbean's most
multifaceted personalities records Edric Connor's early life from
the idyllic setting of Peter Hill, Mayaro to his migration to Port
of Spain and his departure to England where he was able to carve
out successful careers as singer, stage and screen actor, radio
broadcaster and film-maker. Born in 1913, Connor's sensibilities
and his fascination with horizons were nurtured by the view from
his Mayaro bedroom window which opened out towards the east and the
Atlantic Ocean with its distant horizon. For Connor, the horizon
represented a promise, not a boundary and he not only envisaged,
but lived his life as a constant faring forward towards and beyond
horizons. Connor's Trinidad years are best distinguished by his
passionate advocacy of genuine and legitimate cultural form. Some
of the most rewarding moments of his autobiography are Connor's
joyful evocation of the communal solidarity which defined Trinidad
rural life at the turn of the twentieth century. Those who, like
George Lamming, knew him in his London period, remember Connor as a
man of singular generosity who residence was home, embassy and
all-purpose bureau to Caribbean students, politicians, aspirants to
political office and artistes. The late 1950s represented the
pinnacle of Connor's career as a stage actor when he appeared in
the production of Shakespeare's Pericles at Stratford-upon-Avon,
and it was during this period also that he completed Songs for
Trinidad, a book of folksongs, and launched his own film company.
Connor wrote his autobiography in late 1964 whilst convalescing
from a heart attack. He died in 1968 at the relatively young age of
55. Connor's text has been reproduced in its original version
excepts for minimal editing and the addition of some explanatory
notes by Professor Bridget Brereton, who along with Professor
Gordon Rohlehr also provide an enlightening introduction to the
Connor life story within the social, cultural and historical
context of early twentieth century Trinidad and Tobago. George
Lamming's Foreword and intimate portraits of Connor's life, by his
former wife Pearl Connor-Magotsi, in her essay My Life with Edric
Conner, round off this complete portrait of the life, times and
achievements of a Caribbean cultural icon.
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