{"product_id":"earl-lovelace-9789766406899","title":"Earl Lovelace","description":"\u003cp\u003eEarl Lovelace is a major Caribbean writer, one of the few of his generation to have lived in and written almost exclusively from the region. With sharp observation and even sharper wit, his writing pulses with the rhythm, flow and vibrancy of the lives of \"ordinary\" people, whose culture and language he champions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLovelace explores the intricacies of his multicultural society as it grapples with a legacy of slavery, indentureship and colonialism and faces the challenges of independence and new nationhood, and he does so with compassion and true understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this brief but rich biography, Funso Aiyejina explores the writer and his work with the intimacy of a friend and the perceptiveness of a scholar. Lovelace himself is as storied as one of his characters, and the man and his life shine through. This biography is essential reading for any student of Caribbean literature, and will be equally compelling for a general reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAiyejina, Funso:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eFunso Aiyejina\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor of Literatures in English, the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. He is also a literary and cultural critic, a poet, short story writer, and playwright. His publications include \u003ci\u003eA Letter to Lynda and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eI, The Supreme and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Legend of the Rockhills and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. He has published extensively on Earl Lovelace and is the editor of \u003ci\u003eEarl Lovelace: Growing in the Dark (Selected Essays)\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Place in the World: Essays and Tributes in Honour of Earl Lovelace @ 70\u003c\/i\u003e, and the director and producer of the docu-commentary \u003ci\u003eEarl Lovelace: A Writer in His Place\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"University of the West Indies Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50858184802578,"sku":"9789766406899","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b791f5d6-b762-4582-aef2-1b3d8ff4814f.jpg?v=1737542115","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/earl-lovelace-9789766406899","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}