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The counting house
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- Book Synopsis
- Set in nineteenth Century Guyana, this novel follows the lives of Indian indentured labourers as they encounter the truths about their abandoned condition. It narrates the experiences of an Indian couple, Rohinia and Vidia, growing up and getting married in a small Indian village before setting off for a new life in colonial Guyana.
- About The Author
- David Dabydeen was born in Guyana. He was sent to England at the age of twelve, and was in care until he was sixteen. He read English at Cambridge, and has published seven earlier novels and three collections of poetry. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Professor of Literary Studies at the University of Warwick. In 2008 he was awarded the prestigious Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Award.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781845230159
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press, (30 November 2005)
- Number of Pages
- 153
- Weight
- 201 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 208 x 137 x 14 mm
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