A View Of The Empire At Sunset

Author : Caryl Phillips
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0374283613
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A View of the Empire at Sunset written by Caryl Phillips and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning author Caryl Phillips presents a biographical novel of the life of Jean Rhys, the author of Wide Sargasso Sea, which she wrote as a prequel to Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre. Caryl Phillips’s A View of the Empire at Sunset is the sweeping story of the life of the woman who became known to the world as Jean Rhys. Born Ella Gwendolyn Rees Williams in Dominica at the height of the British Empire, Rhys lived in the Caribbean for only sixteen years before going to England. A View of the Empire at Sunset is a look into her tempestuous and unsatisfactory life in Edwardian England, 1920s Paris, and then again in London. Her dream had always been to one day return home to Dominica. In 1936, a forty-five-year-old Rhys was finally able to make the journey back to the Caribbean. Six weeks later, she boarded a ship for England, filled with hostility for her home, never to return. Phillips’s gripping new novel is equally a story about the beginning of the end of a system that had sustained Britain for two centuries but that wreaked havoc on the lives of all who lived in the shadow of the empire: both men and women, colonizer and colonized. A true literary feat, A View of the Empire at Sunset uncovers the mysteries of the past to illuminate the predicaments of the present, getting at the heart of alienation, exile, and family by offering a look into the life of one of the greatest storytellers of the twentieth century and retelling a profound story that is singularly its own.

Author : Eric Thomson
Publisher : Sanddiver Books Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1775343251
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Imperial Sunset written by Eric Thomson and published by Sanddiver Books Inc.. This book was released on 2018 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humanity's thousand-year-old interstellar empire has been rotting from the inside for over a century, thanks to venal, corrupt, and power-hungry sovereigns from a dynasty many consider illegitimate. The latest in that lineage, an increasingly psychotic empress, is pushing her realm toward catastrophic collapse as admirals and generals rebel against her rule. That rebellion quickly drags the once mighty Imperial Fleet into a devastating fratricidal conflict between factions. With civil war raging across human space, a Navy torn asunder can no longer protect frontier colonies, and barbarians long confined to the galactic badlands see an opportunity. After generations of hard existence on worlds beyond the bounds of human civilization, they hold life cheap, especially that of others. The barbarians will gladly steal everything they find and condemn defenseless star systems to technological and demographic collapse. That is if they don't wipe them out entirely from sheer bloodlust or by selling survivors on alien slave markets. One man, Captain Jonas Morane of the cruiser Vanquish, saw the empire's collapse coming years before the first admiral rebelled. When he finds himself the senior surviving officer of a loyalist Navy unit almost entirely annihilated by rebels, Morane puts in motion a plan he developed long ago. This plan was designed to not only save his ships and crews from certain death but keep humanity's accumulated knowledge from being obliterated by the long night of barbarism. However, before his dream can become a reality, Morane must lead the remains of the 197th Imperial Battle Group through an intricate wormhole network across a shattered empire, dodging his former colleagues from both sides, to the sanctuary he selected. Along the way, he rescues an Imperial Marine Corps Pathfinder battalion and the survivors of a religious order known for its mysticism from certain death, and enlists them in his cause. But will Morane's sanctuary survive both the flames of rebellion and the depredations of invading marauders before his rag-tag fleet can reach it? Imperial Sunset is the first installment in Eric Thomson's new saga Ashes of Empire. It tells the story of a desperate attempt to stave off the darkness threatening to smother humanity's interstellar empire and send civilization back to the Stone Age. Ashes of Empire is set in the Siobhan Dunmoore, Decker's War, and Quis Custodiet universe, but a thousand years after Zack Decker and Caelin Morrow's day, when they and Siobhan Dunmoore have become no more than minor footnotes in human history.

Author : Jean D'Ormesson
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1590179668
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Glory of the Empire written by Jean D'Ormesson and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Glory of the Empire is the rich and absorbing history of an extraordinary empire, at one point a rival to Rome. Rulers such as Basil the Great of Onessa, who founded the Empire but whose treacherous ways made him a byword for infamy, and the romantic Alexis the bastard, who dallied in the fleshpots of Egypt, studied Taoism and Buddhism, returned to save the Empire from civil war, and then retired “to learn to die,” come alive in The Glory of the Empire, along with generals, politicians, prophets, scoundrels, and others. Jean d’Ormesson also goes into the daily life of the Empire, its popular customs, and its contribution to the arts and the sciences, which, as he demonstrates, exercised an influence on the world as a whole, from the East to the West, and whose repercussions are still felt today. But it is all fiction, a thought experiment worthy of Jorge Luis Borges, and in the end The Glory of the Empire emerges as a great shimmering mirage, filling us with wonder even as it makes us wonder at the fugitive nature of power and the meaning of history itself.

Author : Juliana Lopoukhine
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501361309
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transnational Jean Rhys written by Juliana Lopoukhine and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume investigates the frameworks that can be applied to reading Caribbean author Jean Rhys. While Wide Sargasso Sea famously displays overt forms of literary influences, Jean Rhys's entire oeuvre is so fraught with connections to other texts and textual practices across geographical boundaries that her classification as a cosmopolitan modernist writer is due for reassessment. Transnational Jean Rhys argues against the relative isolationism that is sometimes associated with Rhys's writing by demonstrating both how she was influenced by a wide range of foreign – especially French – authors and how her influence was in turn disseminated in myriad directions. Including an interview with Black Atlantic novelist Caryl Phillips, this collection charts new territories in the influences on/of an author known for her dislike of literary coteries, but whose literary communality has been underestimated.

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004545557
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Caryl Phillips’s Genealogies written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-11-27 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thematically and structurally, the work of the Kittitian-British writer Caryl Phillips reimagines the notion of genealogy. Phillips’s fiction, drama, and non-fiction foreground broken filiations and forever-deferred promises of new affiliations in the aftermath of slavery and colonization. His texts are also in dialogue with multiple historical figures and literary influences, imagining around the life of the African American comedian Bert Williams and the Caribbean writer Jean Rhys, or retelling the story of Othello. Additionally, Phillips’s work resonates with that of other writers and visual artists, such as Derek Walcott, Toni Morrison, or Isaac Julien. Written to honor the career of renown Phillipsian scholar Bénédicte Ledent, the contributions to this volume, including one by Phillips himself, explore the multiple ramifications of genealogy, across and beyond Phillips’s work.

Author : Max Beloff
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349083569
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Imperial Sunset written by Max Beloff and published by Springer. This book was released on 1989-06-18 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the British Empire, this study examines its transition into the Commonwealth, its policies towards defence, the effect of the world depression, the moves towards trusteeship and indirect rule, its part in World War II and the prospects for the future.

Author : Meenakshi Bharat
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027261903
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Representing the Exotic and the Familiar written by Meenakshi Bharat and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The multicultural world of today is often said to be marked by a certain kind of exoticization: a “fetishizing process”, as Graham Huggan has called it, which separates a “first world” from a “third world”, the Occident from the Orient. The essays collected here re-assess this tendency, not least by focusing on the kinds of intellectual tourism and dilettantism to which it has given rise. The wider context of these analyses is a postcolonial scenario where literatures and languages can move from the “exotic” to the comparatively “familiar” space of contemporary writings; where an exotic mythos can live on into the familiar present; and where certain perceptions and representations of peoples, of literatures, and of languages have turned exoticization and familiarization into global modes of mass-cultural consumption. Especially by exploring the liminalities between different cultures, this collection manages to trace both the history and the politics of exoticist representation and, in so doing, to make a significant critical intervention.

Author : Simon Schama
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786823322
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rough Crossings written by Simon Schama and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-28 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simon Schama's extraordinary novel in a new stage adaptation by Caryl Philips. As the American War of Independence reaches its climax, a plantation slave and a British Naval Officer embark on an epic journey in search of freedom. Divided by barriers of race but united in their ambitions for equality, their convictions will change attitudes towards slavery forever. Sweeping from the Deep South of America to the scorched earth of West Africa, Rough Crossings is a compelling true story that marks the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire. Rough Crossings was staged by Headlong Theatre Company which opened at Birmingham Rep in September 2007 and toured the Lyric Hammersmith, Liverpool Playhouse and West Yorkshire Playhouse.

Author : Fodor's Travel Guides
Publisher : Fodor's Travel
ISBN 13 : 1640972315
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fodor's Caribbean Cruise Ports of Call written by Fodor's Travel Guides and published by Fodor's Travel. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you want to snorkel around one of the colorful coral reefs in Bonaire, explore historic Nelson’s Dockyard on Antigua, or shop ‘til you drop in St. Thomas, the local Fodor’s travel experts in Caribbean cruise ports are here to help! Fodor’s Caribbean Cruise Ports of Call guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has been FULLY-REDESIGNED with an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and beautiful color photos. GET INSPIRED • AN ILLUSTRATED ULTIMATE EXPERIENCES GUIDE to the top things to see and do on your cruise • PHOTO-FILLED “BEST OF” FEATURES on Caribbean foods to try, the best private islands, what to buy in the Caribbean, and the best beaches • COLOR PHOTOS throughout to spark your wanderlust! • UP-TO-DATE and HONEST RECOMMENDATIONS for the best sights, beaches, restaurants, hotels, shopping, activities, and more GET PLANNING • ONE-DAY HIGHLIGHTS to effectively organize your days and maximize your time • SPECIAL FEATURES on Pirates in the Caribbean and Caribbean food and drink • COVERS: Antigua, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, Costa Maya, Cozumel, Grand Cayman, Grenada Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montego Bay, Nassau, Nevis, Ocho Rios, Roatan, San Juan, Santo Domingo, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, St. Vincent, St. Thomas, Tortola, and Virgin Gorda • HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS for how to spend your time before and after your cruise in every major U.S. port of embarkation, including Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Galveston, Jacksonville, New Orleans, Port Canaveral, and Tampa GET GOING • MORE THAN 55 DETAILED MAPS to help you navigate confidently • TRIP-PLANNING TOOLS AND PRACTICAL TIPS on when to go, getting around, beating the crowds, and saving time and money • HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INSIGHTS providing rich context on the local people, cuisine and more • LOCAL WRITERS to help you find the under-the-radar gems Planning on spending more time in the Caribbean? Check out Fodor’s Essential Caribbean, Fodor’s Cancun & the Riviera Maya, and Fodor’s InFocus Cayman Islands. ABOUT FODOR'S AUTHORS: Each Fodor's Travel Guide is researched and written by local experts. Fodor’s has been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for over 80 years. For more travel inspiration, you can sign up for our travel newsletter at fodors.com/newsletter/signup, or follow us @FodorsTravel on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. We invite you to join our friendly community of travel experts at fodors.com/community to ask any other questions and share your experience with us! IMPORTANT NOTE: The digital edition of this guide does not contain all the images included in the physical edition.

Author : Gore Vidal
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 037570874X
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Empire written by Gore Vidal and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2000-08-01 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mr. Vidal demonstrates a political imagination and insider's sagacity equaled by no other practicing fiction writer I can think of. And like the earlier novels in his historical cycle, Empire is a wonderfully vivid documentary drama." —The New York Times Book Review In this extraordinarily powerful epic Gore Vidal recreates America's Gilded Age—a period of promise and possibility, of empire-building and fierce political rivalries. In a vivid and beathtaking work of fiction, where the fortunes of a sister and brother intertwine with the fates of the generation, their country, and some of the greatest names of their day, including President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Jennings Bryan, William and Henry James, the Astors, the Vanderbilts, and the Whitneys, Gore Vidal sweeps us from the nineteenth century into the twentieth, from the salvaged republic of Lincoln to a nation boldly reaching for the world.