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Only when he is on board the steamer halfway to their remote
destination up river in Guyana does Milton Woodsley realize that
there is more to Henry Nevinson s invitation to spend time with his
family in their jungle cottage. Milton, an artist, thinks he has
been invited to do some paintings for Nevinson, a rich businessman.
But when the Nevinsons mention a flute player that no one else can
hear, Woodsley begins to glean that there is more to their stay.
Told in Woodsley s skeptical, self-mocking and good-humored voice,
Mittelholzer creates a brilliantly atmospheric setting for his
characters and their terrified discovery that this is not a place
where they can be at home."
Telling the tragic story of a young Sylvia Ann Russell, this novel
focuses on the dilemmas of a young woman of mixed race in 1930s
Guyana. After the death of her English father, Sylvia constantly
struggles for economic survival and against attempts to exploit her
sexually. Impossibly torn between her desire for emotional
closeness and the integrity of her independence, Sylvia willfully
accepts her dark fate when she falls ill. This brilliant and moving
novel explores the plight of a Caribbean woman who demands more
meaning from her life than her society will give her.
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Eltonsbrody (Paperback)
Edgar Mittelholzer; Introduction by John Thieme
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R609
Discovery Miles 6 090
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Eltonsbrody (Hardcover)
Edgar Mittelholzer; Introduction by John Thieme
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R1,215
Discovery Miles 12 150
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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.
Exploring the complicated landscape of human interaction within the
walls of the offices of Essential Products Ltd., this serious yet
comedic novel offers a glimpse into 1940s Trinidad. Against the
backdrop of the often hierarchical and always complex office space,
characters negotiate issues of sexual attraction and repulsion,
their attitude to colonial rule, racial tensions, and the changing
labor market of contemporary society. Filled with rich characters
and an acute but sympathetic portrayal of a microcosm of middle-
and lower-middle-class Trinidad, this satire turns a careful eye to
the disparities between the world of the office and wider society.
First published in 1941, this vivid and poetic family saga was the
first modern novel to focus on the lives of immigrants from India
in the British Caribbean colonies. Set on the coast of British
Guiana, the story spans three generations and revolves around
Ramgollal, an old Indian cow-minder on the Corentyne coast who has
worked hard for many years to save money and build his herd of
cows. He is proud of his children from two marriages, particularly
the daughter of his first marriage, who is married to a well-to-do
white planter. Their son Geoffry is light-skinned, ambitious, and
poised to make a success of his life, and Ramgollal takes much
satisfaction in his grandson's accomplishments. When Geoffry
seduces and impregnates Kattree, his mother's half sister, however,
Ramgollal's world begins to fall apart. Soon thereafter, Kattree's
sister Beena gets involved with a married man who is subsequently
arrested on a murder charge, and Ramgollal despairs over his
losses. Despite his struggles to respect tradition and provide for
the future, these sordid scandals threaten both Ramgollal's savings
and his family's good name.
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