By Such a Parting Light by Lalla, Barbara

By Such a Parting Light

Disaster catapults three children into the careof their Caribbean grandparents, before another relative, elusive and perhapsunstable, makes...
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Author: Barbara Lalla
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Language: English
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By Such a Parting Light by Lalla, Barbara

By Such a Parting Light

$71.34

By Such a Parting Light

$71.34
Author: Barbara Lalla
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Disaster catapults three children into the care
of their Caribbean grandparents, before another relative, elusive and perhaps
unstable, makes a conflicting claim to guardianship. Balancing domestic
calamity against her own compulsive writing, Aria faces physical and
psychological threats, as a pandemic creeps up on the world and the country
moves into lockdown. By Such a Parting Light offers a humorous and
poignant tale of aging and of coming of age, and it takes a mischievous
approach to the multiple meanings of retirement.

A must for all readers of Caribbean and island
literature - for readers with a taste for realism that blends seamlessly into
strains of the marvelous and gothic - the novel's themes of loss and
separation, love and resilience, are universally appealing. The book personalizes local and international
violence and terror by bringing it all home to a small country in an
international context of uncontained infection and catastrophic politics. Turning
an astonished eye on developed nations from the frail shelter of a tiny island,
the tale unveils alternative notions of civilization and enlightenment.

Author: Barbara Lalla
Publisher: University of the West Indies Press
Published: 12/29/2023
Pages: 346
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.77d
ISBN: 9789766409388

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