Prophets
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2017
Peepal Tree Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-948833-85-4 (ISBN)
Peepal Tree Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-948833-85-4 (ISBN)
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As 24-hour television, belching out the swaggering voices of American hellfire preachers, competes with dancehall, slackness and ganja for Jamaican minds, Clarice and Thalbot preach their own conflicting visions. Clarice has used her gifts to raise herself from the urban Jamaican ghetto. She basks in the adulation of her followers as they look to her for their personal salvation. Thalbot has fallen from comfort and security onto the streets. With his wild, matted hair and nakedness, he is a deranged voice in the wilderness. Whilst Clarice has her blue-eyed Jesus, Thalbot brandishes his blackness in the face of every passer-by. Clarice's visions give her power; Thalbot is at the mercy of every wandering spirit. But when, under cover of darkness, Clarice 'sins' on the beach, Thalbot alone knows of her fall. He sets out to journey, like Jonah, to denounce the prophetess and warn the Ninevite city of its coming doom. An epic struggle begins...
"Prophets is a narrative poem of sheer power, contemporaneity, and hope; one that is full of beauty, sadness, wisdom, and true humanism."
Sudeep Sen, World Literature Today.
Kwame Dawes is widely acknowledged as the foremost Caribbean poet of the post-Walcott generation. He currently holds the position of Distinguished Poet In Residence and Louise Fry Scudder Professor of Liberal Arts at the University of South Carolina.
"Prophets is a narrative poem of sheer power, contemporaneity, and hope; one that is full of beauty, sadness, wisdom, and true humanism."
Sudeep Sen, World Literature Today.
Kwame Dawes is widely acknowledged as the foremost Caribbean poet of the post-Walcott generation. He currently holds the position of Distinguished Poet In Residence and Louise Fry Scudder Professor of Liberal Arts at the University of South Carolina.
Kwame Dawes is the author of over thirty five books, and is widely recognized as one of the Caribbean’s leading writers. He is Glenna Luschei Editor of Prairie Schooner and a Chancellor’s Professor of English at the University of Nebraska.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.10.2017 |
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Verlagsort | Yorkshire |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen | |
ISBN-10 | 0-948833-85-8 / 0948833858 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-948833-85-4 / 9780948833854 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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