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Butterfly in the Wind
Lakshmi Persaud
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Description for Butterfly in the Wind
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 246. 208 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 209 x 155 x 15. Weight: 246.
This fictionalised autobiography gives a richly woven portrait of Kamla's life from early childhood to the point where she leaves her family, Pasea village and Trinidad to attend university in the UK.
It gives a vivid and inward picture of a Caribbean community still in touch with its roots, seen from the developing perspective of a young woman at the crossroads of diverse social, cultural and religious influences. The portrait bears witness to the moral strengths of the community as well as showing Kamla's growing awareness of the repressions and hypocrisies of its treatment of women. From early ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780948833366
SKU
V9780948833366
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99-2
Reviews for Butterfly in the Wind
"'This unassuming and sweet-natured book is a tremendous celebration of life written with a sensuous attention to the physical world.' The Sunday Times"