English books from Saint Kitts and Nevis
Recommended English books (2)
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If you speak English here are some English books from Saint Kitts and Nevis for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
1.
Crossing the River by Caryl Phillips EN
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Country: North America / Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Description:
A Booker shortlisted novel by one of the finest writers of his generation. A voice speaking out of a distant past, describes the consequences of his desperation- his daughter and two sons are condemned to the hold of an English slave ship bound for America in 1753. Here are the stories of these children- Nash, Martha, and Travis. Yet as the narrative unfolds, we come to understand that although they are his children, they are also all of slavery's children. Nash, returning to Africa in the 1830's a Christian-educated adult, a missionary to the new territory of Liberia, slowly becoming a part o... continue
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Only God Can Make a Tree by Bertram Roach EN
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Country: North America / Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Description:
Adrian is the son of a black Caribbean woman and an Irish immigrant father, and is blessed with the pale skin and European features to allow him social mobility in the rigidly hierarchical society of twentieth-century Caribbean life. He falls in love, but is offered the opportunity to improve his social standing, and thus the rest of his life, if he can suppress his heart's desire and decide with his head. Will he choose Julia, the only woman he has ever really loved, and settle for being an overseer, or will he opt for the plantation- owner's daughter, Alice Mills, who could provide him with ... continue
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