The Dragon Can't Dance

Description

Product ID:	9780571193172
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	The Dragon Can't Dance
Authors:	Author: Earl Lovelace
Page Count:	240
Subjects:	Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Description:	Select Guide Rating But when it ends, and the strains of day-to-day life grow large, what happens to the peoples' hopes, and the feeling that 'all o' we is one'?With an unforgettable cast of characters, The Dragon Can't Dance is a stunning, classic novel of the desire for identity and belonging, alongside the legacies of a colonial past. ‘A landmark, not in the West Indian, but in the contemporary novel.’ C. L. R. James ‘First-class talent.’ The Voice Trinidad, 1970s. Calvary Hill – poverty stricken and rubbish-strewn – is home to a community of people who come together during the joyful yearly town Carnival, becoming larger-than-life versions of themselves. But when it ends, and the strains of day-to-day life grow large, what happens to the peoples’ hopes, and the feeling that ‘all o’ we is one’? With an unforgettable cast of characters, The Dragon Can’t Dance is a stunning, classic novel of the desire for identity and belonging, alongside the legacies of a colonial past.
Imprint Name:	Faber & Faber
Publisher Name:	Faber & Faber
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	1998-01-19

Weight	222 g
Dimensions	197 × 127 × 19 mm