Pleasantview

Informationen zum Autor Celeste has been a lawyer since 2001 but she has been telling stories all her life. A native of Trinidad and Tobago, in 2016, she graduated from Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, with an MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction). Celeste's goal is to dispel all myths about island-life and island-people, and to showcase the musicality and resonance of Trinidadian creole (kriol). Her work has appeared in The New England Review, Litmag, Epiphany, The Rumpus, among other places. She is the recipient of a 2018 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. She was also awarded the 2019 Virginia Woolf Award for Short Fiction, and the 2017 John D Gardner Memorial Prize for Fiction. Klappentext Written in a combination of English and Trinidad Creole, Pleasantview reveals the dark side of the Caribbean dream-where poverty and patriarchy savagely rule, and where love and revenge often go hand in hand. Zusammenfassung Written in a combination of English and Trinidad Creole, Pleasantview reveals the dark side of the Caribbean dream-where poverty and patriarchy savagely rule, and where love and revenge often go hand in hand.

Product details

• Authors: Celeste Mohammed
• Publisher: Jacaranda Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 08.09.2022
• EAN: 9781913090913
• ISBN: 978-1-913090-91-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Stephanie Plum; Jacaranda
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / Domestic Partner Abuse, The environment, Politics & government, Narrative theme: Politics, Narrative theme: Environmental issues, domestic violence, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, FICTION / Nature & the Environment, Domestic abuse, environmental concerns; guns; weapons; Trinidad culture