Is Just a Movie - Brossura

Lovelace, Earl

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0571255671 ISBN 13: 9780571255672

Casa editrice: Faber & Faber, 2011

Riassunto

In the town of Cascadu, Trinidad, the 1970 Black Power rebellion has failed. Sonnyboy, hapless and luckless, is desperate to be recognised as part of the rebellion and forces the uninterested police to arrest him. KingKala, a singer, returns from detention and is sidelined in the calypso tent, his music dated and unfashionable. They now hope to make their name in the movie that is being shot on the island - but that too does not end as expected. And so we follow the townsfolk through their experiments in music, politics, religion and love; as, in their day-to-day adventures - be it a game of cricket, the short life of a corner shop or a miracle at a funeral - they begin to see more clearly what their community has to offer for its liberation. Sad and uplifting, humorous but never mocking, Is Just a Movie is a warm, gentle novel about small moments of magic in ordinary life.

Su questo libro

Descrizione del libro:

Is Just a Movie is the first novel in over a decade from Earl Lovelace, one of the great Caribbean writers.

L'autore:

Earl Lovelace was born in Toco, Trinidad, and has spent most of his life on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. His books include While Gods Are Falling, winner of the BP Independence Award, the Caribbean classic The Dragon Can't Dance, and Salt, which won the 1997 Commonwealth Writers' Prize.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Faber & Faber
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0571255671
• ISBN 13: 9780571255672
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 368