Salt
Subtitle: a novel
By: Earl Lovelace.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Persea Books
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Race relations -- Fiction.; Political fiction, Trinidadian and Tobagonian (English)
Genres: Fiction.
Description: A novel of Trinidad featuring Alford George, the son of a poor farm worker who rises above his class through sheer perseverance. He learns to speak properly by listening to broadcasts from England, studies hard to become a teacher, then turns activist to improve the educational system. That sends him into politics. By the author of The Wine of Astonishment.