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Product Identifiers

PublisherHeinemann

ISBN-100435987453

ISBN-139780435987459

eBay Product ID (ePID)506007

Product Key Features

Book TitleMasters of the Dew

Number of Pages192 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1978

TopicCaribbean & Latin American, General, Study Guides

GenreLiterary Criticism, Fiction, Study Aids

AuthorJacques Roumain

Book SeriesCaribbean Writers Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.2 in

Item Weight4.4 Oz

Item Length7.4 in

Item Width4.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN98-140605

Dewey Edition18

Dewey Decimal843.91

SynopsisThis Haitian novel tells of Manuel's struggle to keep his little community from starvation during a drought., The genre of the peasant novel in Haiti reaches back to the nineteenth century and this is one of the outstanding examples. Manuel returns to his native village after working on a sugar plantation in Cuba only to discover that it is stricken by a drought and divided by a family feud. He attacks the resignation endemic among his people by preaching the kind of political awareness and solidarity he has learned in Cuba. He goes on to illustrate his ideas in a tangible way by finding water and bringing it to the fields through the collective labor of the villagers. In this political fable, Roumain is careful to create an authentic environment and credible characters. Readers will be emotionally moved as well as ideologically persuaded.

LC Classification NumberPQ3949.R73G613 1997