Hungry Ghosts: A Novel. Kevin Jared Hosein, Kevin Jared Hosein

Hungry-Ghosts-A-Novel.pdf
ISBN: 9780063213388 | 336 pages | 9 Mb

Hungry Ghosts: A Novel
Kevin Jared Hosein, Kevin Jared Hosein
Page: 336
Format: pdf, ePub, fb2, mobi
ISBN: 9780063213388
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Download Hungry Ghosts: A Novel

Italian book download Hungry Ghosts: A Novel

Overview

“This is a deeply impressive book, and I think an important one. Its intensity, its narrative attack, the fascinations of its era and setting, make it impossible to tear the attention away. Energy and inventiveness distinguish every page.” — Hilary Mantel From an unforgettable new voice in Caribbean literature, a sweeping story of two families colliding in 1940s Trinidad—and a chilling mystery that shows how interconnected their lives truly are Trinidad in the 1940s, nearing the end of American occupation and British colonialism. On a hill overlooking Bell Village sits the Changoor farm, where Dalton and Marlee Changoor live in luxury unrecognizable to those who reside in the farm’s shadow. Down below is the Barrack, a ramshackle building of wood and tin, divided into rooms occupied by whole families. Among these families are the Saroops—Hans, Shweta, and their son, Krishna, all three born of the barracks. Theirs are hard lives of backbreaking work, grinding poverty, devotion to faith, and a battle against nature and a social structure designed to keep them where they are. But when Dalton goes missing and Marlee’s safety is compromised, farmhand Hans is lured by the promise of a handsome stipend to move to the farm as a watchman. As the mystery of Dalton’s disappearance unfolds, the lives of the wealthy couple and those who live in the barracks below become insidiously entwined, their community changed forever and in shocking ways. A searing and singular novel of religion, class, family, and historical violence, and rooted in Trinidad’s wild pastoral landscape and inspired by oral storytelling traditions, Hungry Ghosts is deeply resonant of its time and place while evoking the roots and ripple effects of generational trauma and linked histories; the lingering resentments, sacrifices, and longings that alter destinies; and the consequences of powerlessness. Lyrically told and rendered with harrowing beauty, Hungry Ghosts is a stunning piece of storytelling and an affecting mystery, from a blazingly talented writer.

Other ebooks:
DOWNLOADS A Shadow Crown by Melissa Blair, Melissa Blair
Download PDF Painting Abstract Landscapes by Gareth Edwards MBE, Kate Reeve-Edwards
[Pdf/ePub] His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Robert Samuels, Toluse Olorunnipa download ebook
Download Pdf Journal inquiet d'Istanbul Tome 1
[PDF] French Braid: A novel by Anne Tyler