Last Cool Days - Hardcover

John-stewart

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0233962085 ISBN 13: 9780233962085

Publisher: HarperCollins Distribution Services, 1971

Synopsis

Fiction. Newly available from SPD. Set in colonial Trinidad, this powerful novel explores the barriers between black and white in a highly stratified and racially demarcated society. Marcus is a young black village boy who is fatefully attracted by the strangeness and the privileges of white children in his town and is befriended by the English overseer's son Anthony. The awkwardness and instability of this relationship in time reinforce his sense of insecurity and alienation, instilling in him an adult rage that leads ultimately to tragedy. John Stewart is a recipient of a Royal Society of Literature Award for LAST COOL DAYS. Currently, he is professor and director of African and African American Studies at the University of California, Davis.

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Review:

?ohn Stewart draws a painful and all too credible picture of the squalor and injustice endured by the black community? ?The Times Literary Supplement ?he atmosphere and insight displayed in this book make it a considerable achievement.? ?n impressive work, rich in symbolism and levels of meaning.? ?MERLE HODGE ?is poetry, prose and history told with the beauty, the sensitivity and the feeling typical of the West Indian novel that is no longer written.?

?John Stewart draws a painful and all too credible picture of the squalor and injustice endured by the black community The Times Literary Supplement The atmosphere and insight displayed in this book make it a considerable achievement.? ? The Irish Times An impressive work, rich in symbolism and levels of meaning.? MERLE HODGE is poetry, prose and history told with the beauty, the sensitivity and the feeling typical of the West Indian novel that is no longer written.? ?The Toronto Review

"John Stewart draws a painful and all too credible picture of the squalor and injustice endured by the black community..." - The Times Literary Supplement "The atmosphere and insight displayed in this book make it a considerable achievement." - The Irish Times "An impressive work, rich in symbolism and levels of meaning." - MERLE HODGE ..".is poetry, prose and history told with the beauty, the sensitivity and the feeling typical of the West Indian novel that is no longer written." - The Toronto Review

About the Author:

John Stewart was born in Trinidad and educated in the United States, where he teaches at the University of California, Davis. His short stories have appeared in, among other places, "The Faber Book of Contemporary Caribbean Stort Stories" (1990) and "Best West Indian Short Stores" (London: Nelso, 1981). He is a recipient of a Roual society of Literatyre award for his novel "Last Cool Days."

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Distribution Services
• Publication date: 1971
• ISBN 10: 0233962085
• ISBN 13: 9780233962085
• Binding: Hardcover