The Counting House by David Dabydeen

The Counting House by David Dabydeen

Set in nineteenth Century Guyana, this novel follows the lives of Indian indentured labourers as they encounter the truths about their abandoned condition. It narrates the experiences of an Indian couple, Rohinia and Vidia, growing up and getting married in a small Indian village before setting off for a new life in colonial Guyana.

'Beautifully written..Dabydeen's grace is to give his characters imaginations and inner living voices...This is a marvellous novel.' Michelle Roberts.

David Dabydeen was born on a sugar estate in Berbice, Guyana in 1957. His family lived for a time in New Amsterdam where he attended school. He recalls moving back to his family village, Brighton, during the 1964 race riots. At the age of around ten he won a scholarship to Queen's College in Georgetown where he studied for a couple of years. He was sent to England at the age of twelve in 1969 and was in care until he was sixteen. He won a scholarship to Cambridge University and read English there and at London Universities, completing his doctorate in 1982. He was a post-doctoral fellow at Oxford University for three years. He is currently Professor at the Centre for Caribbean Studies, University of Warwick and was for some years a roving ambassador for Guyana.

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ISBN 13	9781845230159
ISBN 10	1845230159
Title	The Counting House
Author	David Dabydeen
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Peepal Tree Press Ltd
Year published	2005-11-30
Number of pages	179
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