While Gods Are Falling (Caribbean Modern Classics) - Softcover

Lovelace, Earl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845231481 ISBN 13: 9781845231484

Publisher: Peepal Tree Press Ltd., 2011

Synopsis

Exposing the political and cultural failure to address the challenges of postcolonial Trinidad, this insightful novel portrays a world where the working man must face the crime and violence that is destroying the social body. Walter Castle is dissatisfied with his regular job in the Laventille slum in Port of Spain. As the prospect of promotion is bleak and crime and lawless youth become insupportable, he dreams of going back to the village community he grew up in. Unfortunately, the force of nostalgia is not supported by actual memories and as Walter abandons his dreams he is forced to choose between turning into a drone who passes through life without leaving a mark, or standing up for himself. Originally published in 1965, this story remains surprisingly contemporary with its astringent critique of the top-down authoritarianism of nationalist politics.

About this title

About the Author:

Earl Lovelace is a teacher at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and the author of The Dragon Can’t Dance, Salt, The Schoolmaster, and The Wine of Astonishment.

About this edition

• Publisher: Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1845231481
• ISBN 13: 9781845231484
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 260