- Book Synopsis
- Winner of the Commonwealth Poetry Prize, this work presents one of the important collections of Caribbean/Black British poetry. It contains the voices of African slaves and Indian labourers expressing, in a Guyanese Creole, that is as far removed from Standard English as it is possible to get.
- About The Author
- David Dabydeen was born in Guyana. He was sent to England at the age of twelve, and was in care until he was sixteen. He read English at Cambridge, and has published seven earlier novels and three collections of poetry. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Professor of Literary Studies at the University of Warwick. In 2008 he was awarded the prestigious Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Award.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781845230043
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press, (30 November 2005)
- Number of Pages
- 67
- Weight
- 107 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 130 x 10 mm
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