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| TITLE: |
The Schoolmaster |
| AUTHOR: |
Earl Lovelace |
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| INTRODUCTION
TO THE BOOK |
Earl Lovelace's second Trinidadian
novel tells the story of an isolated rural community
coming into contact with the wider world. The villagers
learn, only too cruelly, that 'progress' can mean the
destruction of cherished values.
In
Kumaca, a remote Trinidadian village, life follows the
same pattern from one generation to the next. Paulaine
Dandrade wants to see progress, and helps to persuade
the other villagers to build a school. But he never
imagines that the arrival of the schoolmaster will bring
violence and tragedy to his own family. The Schoolmaster
is a story of love, hope and betrayal, and the nature
and inevitability of change. |
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Earl Lovelace is
Visiting Novelist, John Hopkins University; and Lecturer
in English Composition and Creative Writing, University
of the District of Columbia.
His first novel, While Gods are Falling (1965), won
him the BP Independence Literary Award. It was followed
by The Schoolmaster (1968), The Dragon Can't Dance
(1979), The Wine of Astonishment (1982), Jestina's
Calypso and Other Plays (1984) and A Brief Conversation
and Other Stories (1988).
Earl Lovelace has contributed many articles to
periodicals including Voices, Wasafiri, and South
Magazine. He has made a significant contribution to the
Folk Theatre in Trinidad, and has received a number of
awards and honours, including the Chaconia Medal, gold,
in 1989. |
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