Leeds, England: Peepal Tree, Date: 2002. Trade Paperback. First Thus. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright, with light reading wear to corners. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 168 pages. Through the perspective of a child, this autobiographic novel depicts the extremely hierarchical world of the colonized British Guiana sugar plantation. Lilboy, the narrator, describes the liveliness and closeness of community and the restrictions it places on the opportunities of personal freedom of those working there. However, Lilboy describes how his family and friends cope with their seemingly bleak existences through maintaining their own rice plots, fishing, and celebrating with feasts and festivities. This story recreates the sights, smells, sounds, and other sensual pleasures of a rural childhood within the plantation era. 2002. Peepal Tree ISBN 1900715562 9781900715560 [US]

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ISBN10: 1900715562, ISBN13: 9781900715560, [publisher: Peepal Tree, Leeds, England] Softcover First Edition Peepal Tree, 2002. Trade Paperback. First Thus. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright, with light reading wear to corners. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 168 pages. Through the perspective of a child, this autobiographic novel depicts the extremely hierarchical world of the colonized British Guiana sugar plantation. Lilboy, the narrator, describes the liveliness and closeness of community and the restrictions it places on the opportunities of personal freedom of those working there. However, Lilboy describes how his family and friends cope with their seemingly bleak existences through maintaining their own rice plots, fishing, and celebrating with feasts and festivities. This story recreates the sights, smells, sounds, and other sensual pleasures of a rural childhood within the plantation era.
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