num_pages: 188
description: Earl Lovelace's Trinidadian novel tells the story of an isolated rural community coming into contact with the wider world. The villagers learn, only too cruelly, that progress can mean the destruction of cherished values.
language: English
title: The Schoolmaster
titlecomplete: The Schoolmaster (Caribbean Writers Series)
genres: Education, Fiction
ratings_count: 186
publisher: Heinemann