The Schoolmaster

Earl Lovelace author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Faber & Faber

Published:15th Mar '99

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

The Schoolmaster cover

Lovelace won the Commonwealth Writers Prize in 1977 for his novel "Salt".

'Each word is a revelation.' The Times

'Earl Lovelace is the real stuff, a proper writer.' James Kelman

In the sleepy village of Kumuca, Trinidad, change happens slowly. The warnings of a local priest - that the quest for education will bring more to the village than they expect - are ignored.

'Each word is a revelation.' The Times

'Earl Lovelace is the real stuff, a proper writer.' James Kelman

In the sleepy village of Kumuca, Trinidad, change happens slowly. Yet to move with the times and expand the horizons of the villagers, the elders elect to build a school and bring in a schoolmaster with great celebration. The warnings of a local priest - that the quest for education will bring more to the village than they expect - are ignored. But the villagers will learn, all too cruelly, that progress can mean the destruction of what they know and love.

ISBN: 9780571196760

Dimensions: 198mm x 128mm x 8mm

Weight: 164g

192 pages

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