Salt

Beschreibung

Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize<BR><BR>''An amazingly vivid and joyful novel.'' The Times<BR><BR>'Vital, life-enhancing.' Time Out<BR><BR>Alford, the youngest son of a poor farm worker, has risen above his class to become a schoolteacher. He, like many young people in Trinidad, dreams of heading to England for a better life. Idealistic and determined, Alford travels to the capital to campaign for his community and, suddenly a local hero, it seems anything is possible.

Or is it? Salt tells the story of a country through an unforgettable cast of characters, striving with wit and passion to make sense of life in an evolving homeland.

Angaben vom Händler.