Author : Kevyn Alan Arthur
Publisher : Peepal Tree Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The View from Belmont by : Kevyn Alan Arthur
Download or read book The View from Belmont written by Kevyn Alan Arthur and published by Peepal Tree Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Port of Spain, Saturday, April 26[superscript th], 1823" "My Dear Alice - Fait accompli! I have had Kano in my bed!" "So Clara Bayley confesses to her friend in Dorset. Whilst her seduction of Kano, her loyal slave, remains a secret between them, her independence in running her late husband's cocoa estate and publicly taking a young mulatto doctor as her lover scandalises colonial society." "Clara's letters to Alice, telling of the cruelties, comedy and surprising humanity of life on the Belmont Estate, are rediscovered in 1990. They provoke animated quarrels amongst the group of Trinidadians who meet to read and discuss them. Is she a "worthless white bitch - no different from any of them men who was screwing their slave-women" or a sensible woman taking charge of her life and looking for companionship? Whatever, all are agreed that the legacy of slavery continues to shape the present."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved