smart ian i (3 risultati)

Condizione: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,800grams, ISBN:0801826527.

Trade paperback. Morris, WIlcox (cover art). (illustratore). 193 p. This is the story of an immigrant's learning to let go. With at times savage satire and a constantly gentle understing of the human condition, the author tells the story of Asa, a person of color born in the Caribbean, who comes to American to grow into a successful professor at a premiere historically clack institution. Asa and his wife, Auset, live through a year of signicant events. They are tested and ultimately triumph, both becoming Americans in the fullest sense of the term. Trinidad & Tobago-born Ian Isidore Smart is a serious scholar, but he is just as serious a "shit-talker. " Henry Louis Gates, Jr. established a fixed place for signifying in the academy's literary hall of canons & Smart, as scholar, has done the same for mamaguying. Now as creator of fiction, he weds theory to praxis producing this tall tale for our times that is steeped in the scintillating, shit-talking signifying of a gutsy griot-pelting "picong" left, right & center. Set in Washington, D.C. & Port-of-Spain, this first novel is an action-packed gem of world literature. Once you pick it up, it will be hard to put it down. This is the author's first novel. Port-of-Spain; Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by author. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Some edge soiling. First edition. Stated. Presumed first printing.

No Binding. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. AN ORIGINAL COLOURED DRAWING OF YARMOUTH EITHER GREAT YARMOUTH OR YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT, SIGNED WITH YARMOUTH 1920 TO RIGHT CORNER, WOODEN FRAME WITH SOME INFO ON THE ARTIST & AN OLD PRICE TICKET TO REAR. FRAME MEASURES APPROX 18 X 17 INCHES, PAINTING IS APPROX 11.5 X 10 INCHES. SOME MINOR KNOCKS & BUMPS TO FRAME, VERY FAINT CREASE TO PAINTING JUST RIGHT OF CENTRE. OVERALL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH STRONG COLOURING. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL ITEMS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX. Signed by Author(s).