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The Naipauls of Nepaul Street : a memoir of life in Trinidad and beyond / Savi Naipaul Akal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Naipaul Akal, Savi, 1938- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Educators--Trinidad and Tobago--Biography.
- Educators.
- Naipaul Akal, Savi, 1938-.
- Naipaul Akal, Savi.
- Manners and customs.
- Trinidad and Tobago--Social life and customs.
- Trinidad and Tobago.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Family histories.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Leeds, England : Peepal Tree, 2018.
- Summary:
- "This is a moving story of a family's beginnings, growth and, in the context both of time and Trinidadian society, its inevitable dispersal. Savi Naipaul Akal's memoir pays tribute to remarkable parents, so different but equal in importance to their large family. It is an account of family loyalty, sacrifice, and sometimes tensions. Through this focus, the memoir also gives a sharply observed picture of cultural change in Trinidad from colony to independent nation, of being Indian in a Creole society, of the role of education, and her parents' encouragement of herself and her sisters to make independent lives for themselves. The memoir gives an acute analysis of the pressures that led many of the family to emigrate, but also of the good lives made by Savi and her husband that led them to (3z (Bput down their bucket (3y (Band stay. Above all, this memoir offers the pleasure of writing which is elegant and lucid, with a distinctively personal voice."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 Cunupia, Chaguanas, Chandernagore, Caroni... p. 11
- 2 Heidi of the Tropics p. 39
- 3 On Nepaul Street p. 61
- 4 Of Birth and Death p. 85
- 5 After the Sitar Music Stopped p. 99
- 6 A Season of Changes p. 124
- 7 And May God Bless Our Nation p. 134
- 8 Ma and Her Children p. 158
- 9 In and Out of Politics p. 181
- 10 When Sorrows Come p. 191
- 11 Never Strangers in a Strange Land p. 201.
- ISBN:
- 1845233646
- 9781845233648
- OCLC:
- 1019748949
- Publisher Number:
- 99977201814
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