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Oonya Kempadoo's moving third novel, "All Decent Animals," looks at the personal and aesthetic choices of a multifaceted cast of characters on the Caribbean island of Trinidad--a country still developing economically but rich culturally, aiming at "world-class" status amid its poor island cousins. It is a novel about relationships, examined through the distinct rhythms of the city of Port of Spain.
Loyalties, love, conflicting cultures, and creativity come into play as Ata, a young woman working in carnival design but curious about writing, and her European boyfriend, Pierre, negotiate the care of their friend Fraser, a closeted gay man dying from AIDS. The contradictory Trinidadian setting becomes a parallel character to Fraser's Cambridge-derived artistic sensibility and an antagonist to Ata's creative journey.
ISBN | 9780374299712 |
Categories | Fiction, Literary Fiction, Newest Arrivals |
Author(s) | Oonya Kempadoo |
Publisher | Farrar Straus Giroux |
Weight | 0.38 kg |