Dog-Heart by Diana Mccaulay

Dog-Heart by Diana Mccaulay

Told in two voices, educated Jamaican English and the nation-language of the people, this dramatic novel tells the story of a well-meaning, middle-class woman and a young boy from the ghetto whom she desperately wants to help. Alternating between the perspectives of the woman and the boy, the story engages with issues of race and class, examines the complexities of relationships between people of very different backgrounds, and explores the difficulties faced by individuals seeking to bring about social change through their own actions. The dramatic climax and tragic choices made grow from the gulf of incomprehension between middle-class and poor Jamaicans and provide penetrating insights into the roots of violence in impoverished communities.

Diana McCaulay is a writer, a newspaper columnist, an environmental activist, and the chief executive of the Jamaican Environmental Trust. She is the recipient of the David Hough Literary Prize, a Euan P. McFarlane Award for Outstanding Environmental Leadership in the Insular Caribbean, and a Lifestyle Short Story award. She is the author of Dog-Heart, which won the Jamaican National Literature award.

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ISBN 13	9781845231231
ISBN 10	1845231236
Title	Dog-Heart
Author	Diana Mccaulay
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Peepal Tree Press Ltd
Year published	2010-03-15
Number of pages	244
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