The chosen place, the timeless people.

By:

Marshall, Paule, 1929-2019

Publication details: New York, Harcourt, Brace & World [1969]Edition: [1st ed.]Description: 472 pages 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0394726332
9780394726335

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Additional physical formats: Chosen place, the timeless people.DDC classification:

813/.5/4
F Mar

LOC classification:

PZ4.M369 Ch PS3563.A7223

Available additional physical forms:

Also issued online.

Contents:

Book I. Heirs and Descendants -- Book II. Bournehills -- Book III. Carnival -- Book IV. Whitsun

Action note:

010597 Charm

Summary: The chosen place is Bourneville, a remote, devastated part of a Caribbean island; the timeless people are its inhabitants- black, poor, inextricably linked to their past enslavement. The advance team for an ambitious American research project arrives, and the tense ambivalent relationships that evolve - between natives and foreigners, blacks and whites, haves and have-nots - keenly dramatize the vicissitudes of power.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National Library of Jamaica	Daphne Douglas Reading Room	F Mar (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		1000000030391
Books	OCLC Data	Rare Books Floor	F Mar (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		0000000000609

Book I. Heirs and Descendants -- Book II. Bournehills -- Book III. Carnival -- Book IV. Whitsun

The chosen place is Bourneville, a remote, devastated part of a Caribbean island; the timeless people are its inhabitants- black, poor, inextricably linked to their past enslavement. The advance team for an ambitious American research project arrives, and the tense ambivalent relationships that evolve - between natives and foreigners, blacks and whites, haves and have-nots - keenly dramatize the vicissitudes of power.