Intended by Dabydeen David (34 results)

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Condition: good. Fast Free Shipping â" Good condition. It may show normal signs of use, such as light writing, highlighting, or library markings, but all pages are intact and the book is fully readable. A solid, complete copy that's ready to enjoy.

paperback. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

paperback. Condition: Good. 3rd. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Pages unmarked. Paper tanning. Covers mildly worn. Binding square & firm.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:0436200074. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Faintest shadow of a publisher's white label on first title page.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Physical description; 245 pages ; 23 cm. Subjects; David Dabydeen. Slums Fiction. Abandoned children Fiction. Immigrants Great Britain Fiction. Guyanese fiction England. London (England) Fiction. 1 Kg.…

Softcover. 1st thus. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Cover faintly marked. Signed and Inscribed by the Author. 246 pages. The first novel of Guyanese born, English educated, author, academic, and diplomat. The story of a young Asian student abandoned in London by his father, was shortlisted for the UK John Llewellyn Rhys Prize won the Guyana Prize for Literature. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. uk1st.edition.1st.printing/near fine hardback in good dustwrapper with a few edge tears and creases.

Condition: good. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.…

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Physical description; 245 pages ; 23 cm. Subjects; David Dabydeen. Slums Fiction. Abandoned children Fiction. Immigrants Great Britain Fiction. Guyanese fiction England. London (England) Fiction. 1 Kg.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. third edition. 176 pages. 8.00x5.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New. The narrator of The Intended is twelve when he leaves his village in rural Guyana to come to England. There he is abandoned into social care, but with determination seizes every opportunity to follow his aunt's farewell advice: '.but you must tek education.pass plenty exam'. With a scholarship to Oxford, and an upper-class white fiancée, he has unquestionably arrived, but at the cost of ignoring the other part of his aunt's farewell: 'you is we, remember you is we.' First published almost fifteen years ago, The Intended's portrayal of the instability of identity and relations between whites, African-Caribbeans and Asians in South London is as contemporary and pertinent as ever. As an Indian from Guyana, the narrator is seen as a 'Paki' by the English, and as some mongrel hybrid by 'real' Asians from India and Pakistan; as sharing a common British 'Blackness' whilst acutely conscious of the real cultural divisions between Africans and Indians back in Guyana."Passionate and honest. A vivid attempt to come to terms with the pain of immigrant experience" The ObserverDavid Dabydeen was born in Guyana. He has published six acclaimed novels and three collections of poetry. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Professor of Literary Studies at the University of Warwick.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Slight tanning to paper edge.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by Author(s) A fine book in a fine DW, the authors first novel. Signed and dated on the titlepage at Waterstones in Manchester. Signed, "All the very best (in coloured biro's) David Dabydeen--16-2-93". ISigned by Author(s).

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Exploring rites of passage in London's Asian community, this semiautobiographical novel follows a young Indo-Guyanese narrator from his South American village to Great Britain. With determination and self-discipline he seizes opportunities of education and upward mobility, but struggles to keep his cultural identity alive through memories of his childhood. This sophisticated postcolonial text links language and character to reveal the social divisions, educational obstacles, and self-exploration of a struggling foreigner in the mid-20th century.…

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Condition: Near Fine. Great Britain 1991 first edition. Secker and Warburg. Hardcover octavo. 246. Near Fine, text lightly toned, esp in margins. no owner marks. Faint iindication of where price tags were on front end papers. in Near Fine, lightly rubbed dj. (no tears, no chips on dj.).