The Polished Hoe by Austin Clarke

The Polished Hoe by Austin Clarke

Winner of the 2003 Commonwealth Writers' Prize

Respect to Tindal Street Press for bringing to the UK this soaring and sorrowful novel of Caribbean life. . The novel's language proves as lush, seductive - and dangerous - as its landscape * Independent *
An extraordinary tale of lust and oppression . . . a beautiful light-skinned "black" woman [is] forced by the ambition of her mother and the sexual appetite of her colonial master to live a dangerous double life as beneficiary and plaything of a society steeped in racial cruelty * The Times *
A richly crafted novel which eludes, defies categories; it is variously wistful and agonising, ironic and sensual; a tragic tale, relentlessly wrought * 2003 Commonwealth Writers' Prize Jury Citation *

Born in Barbados, Austin Clarke is a Canadian novelist, essayist and short story writer who lives in Toronto. He has won a number of prizes include the Giller Prize in 2002 for The Polished Hoe, and the 2003 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, awarded for a body of work.

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ISBN 13	9780954130381
ISBN 10	0954130383
Title	The Polished Hoe
Author	Austin Clarke
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Profile Books Ltd
Year published	2004-03-01
Number of pages	544
Prizes	Winner of The Commonwealth Writers Prize 2003
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