Salt
by Earl Lovelace
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A novel of Trinidad featuring Alford George, the son of a poor farm worker who rises above his class through sheer perseverance. He learns to speak properly by listening to broadcasts from England, studies hard to become a teacher, then turns activist to improve the educational system. That sends him into politics. By the author of The Wine of Astonishment.Tags
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Earl Lovelace is the author of five novels, including Salt (winner of the 1997 Commonwealth Writer's Prize); A Brief Conversion and Other Stories; and many plays and essays. He lives in his native Trinidad and is currently on the faculty of Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington
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- Canonical title
- Salt
- Original publication date
- 1996
- Important places
- Trinidad
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- English
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