The Wine Of Astonishment

Author : Earl Lovelace
Publisher : Waveland Press
ISBN 13 : 1478622601
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wine of Astonishment written by Earl Lovelace and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wine of Astonishment is a powerful and heart-wrenching story of the persecution of Spiritual Baptists during British colonial rule in Trinidad from 1917 to 1951. The novel, situated in the remote village of Bonasse, is narrated by Eva, a middle-aged peasant and member of the Baptist Church. Her insider view, conveyed in Trinidadian Creole, pulls readers into the communal character of the Church, the oppression of West Indian people, political corruption, and the disparate motivations of community members. Earl Lovelace’s poignant novel placed him in the front ranks of Caribbean writers and established his international reputation. His well-crafted tale of change and perseverance connects us with authentic, complicated characters who struggle to exercise their freedom and retain their identity. Through their experiences of hope, betrayal, and humiliation we gain a better understanding of ethnic and religious strife and West Indian culture.

Author : Earl Lovelace
Publisher : Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 9780435988807
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wine of Astonishment written by Earl Lovelace and published by Heinemann. This book was released on 1986 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charts the history of a Spiritual Baptist community from the passing of the Prohibition Ordinance in 1917 until the lifting of the ban in 1951.

Author : Earl Lovelace
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1398343048
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wine of Astonishment written by Earl Lovelace and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2021-06-28 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earl Lovelace writes about the survival of a small community of Spiritual Baptists with a lyricism and understanding of dialogue which has established an international reputation. 'If we clap we hands and catch the Spirit, the police could arrest us. One day we was Baptist, the next day we is criminals.' The Wine of Astonishment is a poignant and devastating tale of the discrimination the Black community of Bonasse faced during the first half of the 20th century. Told from the perspective of a religious wife, Eva retells the torment and tribulations her family and friends endure at the hands of abusive police and corrupt government officials. Hurtling towards its tragic climax, Bolo's transformation embodies the tragedy manifested when a people are pushed too far.

Author : William Sears
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780853985211
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wine of Astonishment written by William Sears and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Earl Lovelace
Publisher : Hodder Education
ISBN 13 : 1398343048
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wine of Astonishment written by Earl Lovelace and published by Hodder Education. This book was released on 2021-06-28 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earl Lovelace writes about the survival of a small community of Spiritual Baptists with a lyricism and understanding of dialogue which has established an international reputation. 'If we clap we hands and catch the Spirit, the police could arrest us. One day we was Baptist, the next day we is criminals.' The Wine of Astonishment is a poignant and devastating tale of the discrimination the Black community of Bonasse faced during the first half of the 20th century. Told from the perspective of a religious wife, Eva retells the torment and tribulations her family and friends endure at the hands of abusive police and corrupt government officials. Hurtling towards its tragic climax, Bolo's transformation embodies the tragedy manifested when a people are pushed too far.

Author : Martha Gellhorn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wine of Astonishment written by Martha Gellhorn and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Earl Lovelace
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571383823
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dragon Can't Dance written by Earl Lovelace and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2022-12-22 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A landmark, not in the West Indian, but in the contemporary novel.' C. L. R. James 'First-class talent.' The Voice Trinidad, 1970s. Calvary Hill - poverty stricken and rubbish-strewn - is home to a community of people who come together during the joyful yearly town Carnival, becoming larger-than-life versions of themselves. But when it ends, and the strains of day-to-day life grow large, what happens to the peoples' hopes, and the feeling that 'all o' we is one'? With an unforgettable cast of characters, The Dragon Can't Dance is a stunning, classic novel of the desire for identity and belonging, alongside the legacies of a colonial past.

Author : Vivienne Sosnowski
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 023062216X
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book When the Rivers Ran Red written by Vivienne Sosnowski and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-06-09 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, millions of people around the world enjoy California's legendary wines, unaware that 90 years ago the families who made these wines--and in many cases still do – turned to struggle and subterfuge to save the industry we now cherish. When Prohibition took effect in 1919, three months after one of the greatest California grape harvests of all time, violence and chaos descended on Northern California. Federal agents spilled thousands of gallons of wine in the rivers and creeks, gun battles erupted on dark country roads, and local law enforcement officers, sympathetic to their winemaking neighbors, found ways to run circles around the intruding authorities. For the state's winemaking families--many of them immigrants from Italy--surviving Prohibition meant facing impossible decisions, whether to give up the idyllic way of life their families had known for generations, or break the law to enable their wine businesses and their livelihood to survive. Including moments of both desperation and joy, Sosnowski tells the inspiring story of how ordinary people fought to protect to a beautiful and timeless culture in the lovely hills and valleys of now-celebrated wine country.

Author : Merle Hodge
Publisher : Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 9780435989514
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crick Crack, Monkey written by Merle Hodge and published by Heinemann. This book was released on 2000 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tee is suspended between the warmth, spontaneity and exuberance of Tantie's household and the formality and pretension of Aunt Beatrice's world, which Tee is obliged to accept when she wins a scholarship. Her initiation into the negro middle class is an uneasy one.

Author : Earl Lovelace
Publisher : Haymarket Books
ISBN 13 : 1608461750
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Is Just a Movie written by Earl Lovelace and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rich, inventive, and funny, here is the first novel in over a decade from the great Caribbean novelist Earl Lovelace.