Harold Sonny Ladoo

Broschiertes Buch

No Pain Like This Body

The forgotten classic masterpiece of Trinidadian literature

Beschreibung

'A masterpiece of hurt' The New York TimesSet in the Eastern Caribbean at the beginning of the twentieth century, No Pain Like this Body describes the perilous existence of a poor rice-growing family during the August rainy season.

Autor

Harold Sonny Ladoo was born in Trinidad in 1945 and emigrated to Toronto in 1968 with his wife and two children. In 1972 he graduated from the University of Toronto and his first novel, No Pain Like This Body, was published, earning Ladoo immediate recognition as a new literary talent. The following year he returned to Trinidad to settle a land dispute but was murdered. He was just twenty-eight. His second novel, Yesterdays, was published posthumously in 1974.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Vintage Publishing
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 755061
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 128mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 180g
• ISBN-13: 9781784877026
• ISBN-10: 1784877026
• Artikelnr.: 61394742