num_pages: 272
description: A West Indian novel of "generous, torrential prose" ( The New York Times Book Review ), winner of the 1997 Commonwealth Writers Prize. One hundred years after Emancipation, the diverse people of Trinidad―African, Asian, and European―have not settled into the New World. In Salt , an unforgettable cast of men and women strive with wit and passion to make sense of life in an evolving homeland.
language: English
title: Salt
titlecomplete: Salt
genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Post Colonial
ratings_count: 301
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book Overall, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Dublin Literary Award
category: Shortlist
publisher: Persea Books