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Earl Lovelace

Autor von The Dragon Can't Dance

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Earl Lovelace is the author of five novels, including Salt (winner of the 1997 Commonwealth Writer's Prize); A Brief Conversion and Other Stories; and many plays and essays. He lives in his native Trinidad and is currently on the faculty of Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington

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Rotten English: A Literary Anthology (2007) — Mitwirkender — 75 Exemplare
One World of Literature (1992) — Mitwirkender — 24 Exemplare
The Faber Book of Contemporary Caribbean Short Stories (1990) — Mitwirkender — 16 Exemplare

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Novella-length, almost. Written in the speech trinidadians used, at least in those days (1982), the story tells of the villagers of Bonasse. The story centers around the repression of their religion, how the authorities do everything in their power to shut down the way they worship. They want these West Indies baptists to stop enjoying their religion so much, stop dancing and clapping and speaking in tongues when the spirit moves them, and act more like docile, "decent," quiet, respectful anglicans and catholics. The church is representative of their whole culture, the way they care for their families, and their neighbors, the way they live close to the Earth, taking their living from it and caring for it and loving it and praising it. To shut down their religion takes away their life-blood, and almost destroys their spirit.… (mehr)
 
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burritapal | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Oct 23, 2022 |
I love this author! In this story, told through different characters' viewpoints, the dynamics between them, and their own change and growth is explored. They are mostly poor people, but Carnival gives them a chance to come out of their simple existence and shine. Lovelace has a gift to make a character come to life in your mind's eye and feel, acutely, for them and their individual woes and joys.
 
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burritapal | 7 weitere Rezensionen | Oct 23, 2022 |
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trinidad noir ....an interesting book....unlike any I have read. The short stories were often a bit strange...and felt very foreign. I found it was best to read only one or two at a time...and strangely, even though I wasn't sure I even liked the book, I'd find myself thinking about the stories later! So...an interesting read....even if I can't really say I 'enjoyed' it. I will say it was interesting and thought provoking!
 
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macnoid | 7 weitere Rezensionen | Jun 29, 2017 |
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This review really got away from me. I received and read this book about a week before I left for vacation in April, but decided I'd write the review when I got home. Then I forgot about it - not just the review, but the entire book itself! I saw it on my end table last week so I picked it and started reading. It wasn't until I started on the fourth story "Man-Man" that I remembered that I had already read this. I usually love this series but I found this entry underwhelming and unmemorable.
 
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Tucker.Christine | 7 weitere Rezensionen | Jun 12, 2017 |

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