| Tide Running Contributor(s): Kempadoo, Oonya (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807083739 ISBN-13: 9780807083734 Publisher: Beacon Press OUR PRICE: $17.82 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: Cliff and Ossi have grown up in Plymouth on the island of Tobago, their lives turning on the axis of small-town life. One day they watch the arrival of a couple and their child at a luxurious house overlooking the ocean. The couple invites Cliff into their home and lives, and in that cool "flim-style" house, the harsh, brittle life of urban Plymouth is kept briefly at bay, desires obscuring differences in class and race. But then things begin to go wrong--money vanishes, the couple's car disappears--and those differences are brought suddenly to light, raising unsettling questions about relationships, wealth, and responsibility. "Oonya Kempadoo's Tide Running is effective, beautiful, and haunting . . . and pulses with a distinctive Caribbean rhythm." --Glenville Lovell, Washington Post "With a finely tuned ear for the cadences of the Caribbean . . .. Kempadoo succeeds in turning an unsettling tale into an exploration of the global politics of desire." --The New Yorker "A vividly imagined [tale] by this poetically gifted, politically incisive young Caribbean writer." --Elle magazine |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004005975 |
| Series: Bluestreak |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.32" W x 8" (0.50 lbs) 215 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Cliff and Ossi have grown up in Plymouth on the island of Tobago, their lives turning on the axis of small-town life. One day they watch the arrival of a couple and their child at a luxurious house overlooking the ocean. The couple invites Cliff into their home and lives, and in that cool'flim-style' house, the harsh, brittle life of urban Plymouth is kept briefly at bay, desires obscuring differences in class and race. But then things begin to go wrong-money vanishes, the couple's car disappears-and those differences are brought suddenly to light, raising unsettling questions about relationships, wealth, and responsibility. |