Richard Hughes's celebrated short novel is a masterpiece of
concentrated narrative. Its dreamlike action begins among the
decayed plantation houses and overwhelming natural abundance of
late nineteenth-century Jamaica, before moving out onto the high
seas, as Hughes tells the story of a group of children thrown upon
the mercy of a crew of down-at-the-heel pirates. A tale of
seduction and betrayal, of accommodation and manipulation, of weird
humor and unforeseen violence, this classic of twentieth-century
literature is above all an extraordinary reckoning with the secret
reasons and otherworldly realities of childhood.
General
| Imprint: |
Nyrb Classics
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
September 1999 |
| First published: |
September 1999 |
| Authors: |
Richard Hughes
|
| Introduction by: |
Francine Prose
|
| Dimensions: |
203 x 125 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
296 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-940322-15-8 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Historical fiction
|
| LSN: |
0-940322-15-3 |
| Barcode: |
9780940322158 |
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