An Absence of Ruins
Author | : Orlando Patterson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1967 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015000542905 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "Originally published in 1967, An Absence of Ruins is a poignant portrayal of a man shaped by the colonial education of the Caribbean intellectual class. Orlando Patterson offers a devastating critique of middle-class intellectualism through the self-condemning perceptions of the main character, Alexander Blackman, and the vibrant reality of the world he is unable to embrace - the world of the Jamaican working class. An intensive and inward portrayal of what the world looks like to a man who has been shaped by the deeply entrenched consequences of colonialism, this novel is full of sardonic humor and a nihilism that emerges as a kind of integrity."--Goodreads