An Absence of Ruins

By:

Orlando Patterson

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Caribbean Modern Classics

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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.

Author Biography:

Orlando Patterson is the John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University and the author of the novels The Children of Sisyphus and Die the Long Day. He is also the author of numerous scholarly works, including Freedom in the Making of Western Culture, for which we won the National Book Award for Nonfiction. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Release date Australia

November 30th, 2012

Author

Orlando Patterson

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

140

Series

Caribbean Modern Classics

Dimensions

156x206x13

ISBN-13

9781845231040

Product ID

20642956

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