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Informationen zum Autor Austin Clarke is the author of numerous novels, short story collections, and works of nonfiction, including the novels More , which won the Toronto Books Award, and The Polished Hoe , which won the Giller, Commonwealth, and Trillium prizes. He is a member of the Order of Canada. He lives in Toronto. Klappentext In this collection, award-winning author Austin Clarke has caught, in his characters, a sweet longing for youth and an anxiety-stricken rage at old age; an immigrant's longing for a placid, lost home and his lust for a new high-speed motorcar life; and an intellectual's sense of empowerment by black history even as he watches what little he knows about such history engulf him. These are intense and private lives made public by the force of their individual voices, voices that may be rambunctious and fractious but that are, nonetheless, elegant in their intent and humor and their acceptance that is never acquiescence. The volume also includes a prose portrait of Austin Clarke by acclaimed author Barry Callaghan. Zusammenfassung In this collection, Austin Clarke has caught a sweet longing for youth and an anxiety-stricken rage at old age; an immigrant's longing for a placid, lost home and his lust for a new high-speed motorcar life; and an intellectual's sense of empowerment by black history even as he watches what little he knows about such history engulf him.
