Description
In the poverty-stricken streets of Calvary Hill, where shacks seem to balance precariously on the edge of survival, a community gathers around the rhythms of Carnival to keep hope alive. As tensions rise and dreams collide, the story follows the people of the hill as they navigate hardship, pride, and the search for dignity—discovering that culture can be both refuge and resistance. With vivid, lyrical attention to everyday life in rural Trinidad, Earl Lovelace turns the Carnival spirit into a sustaining force that reveals how identity is performed, protected, and transformed. Celebrated as a landmark of contemporary Caribbean fiction, this novel blends social realism with the pulse of celebration, exploring themes of poverty, community, and the power of art to make room for joy.
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paperback
Longman Publishing Group
Published Jan 1, 1981
264 pages
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First Published
1979
Language
eng
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