The man who ran away and other stories of Trinidad in the 1920s and 1930s / by Alfred H. Mendes ; edited and with an introduction by Michele Levy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mendes, Alfred H. (Alfred Hubert), 1897-1991, author.

Contributor:

Levy, Michèle, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, Trinidadian and Tobagonian (English).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Alfred H. Mendes was a member of the Beacon group of writers in Trinidad in the 1930s and friend and colleague of C.L.R. James and Ralph de Boissiere. He was a prolific writer, with a distinctive and engaging voice, and he wrote a significant number of short stories, many of which have never been published and most of which were written between 1920 and 1940. The Man Who Ran Away is a collection of twelve stories with an introduction and short glossary of Trinidadian Creole words and phrases. The book is useful as a text for university literature courses, with an introduction designed for students unfamiliar with Mendes's work, but not so dauntingly academic as to discourage a general readership.

Contents:

Contents; Editor's Note; Introduction; The Man Who Ran Away; Not a Love Story; Boodhoo; Malvina's Nennen; Neighbours; Laura's Return; One Day for John Small; Sé-sé; Shango; Three Rebels; Béti; Colour; Glossary; Works by Alfred H. Mendes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 19, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4356-3090-4

OCLC:

212625212