The polished hoe
(2009)
Fiction
eAudiobook
Series:
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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Recorded Books, Inc., 2009
Made available through hoopla
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (18hr., 50 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781456111199 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT13534955, 1456111191 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 13534955
LANGUAGE
English
SERIES
NOTES
Narrated by Robin Miles
Winner of both the Giller Prize and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, The Polished Hoe is acclaimed author Austin Clarke's masterpiece. On a Caribbean island in the 1950s, elderly Mary Gertrude Mathilda commits murder. As she explains herself to police, her story exposes the ugly underbelly of life on Caribbean plantations, with its slavery and brutality. ". brilliantly written dialogue, a rich, dancing patois that fills out the dimensions of the island's painful history and its complex caste system."-Publishers Weekly
Mode of access: World Wide Web