The Schoolmaster
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Faber & Faber
Published:15th Mar '99
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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
Main - Re-issue