Tales of the Paria Main Road

Besson, Gérard A

ISBN 10: 9768244208 / ISBN 13: 9789768244208

Published by Paria Publishing Company Ltd., 2015

Seller Inventory # ABLIING23Apr0412070074174

Synopsis:

For Paria Publishing's 35th anniversary and in honour of Gérard A. Besson being awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of the West Indies, we are presenting a limited second edition of his first published work, Tales of the Paria Main Road. First published in 1973, this whimsical book began Gérard's journey into publishing, which lead to the formation of Paria Publishing Company Limited. Tales of the Paria Main Road is comprised of three short stories loosely based on the mis-adventures of Jerry and his friends as a young men in Trinidad during the 1960/70's. It touches on the folklore of Trinidad and Tobago's Afro French culture and introduces the reader to some of the characters who still inhabit to this day the forest of the Paria Main Road. Not all is folklore and tall tales, however. At the time, Trinidad, like much of the world, was changing and this was ever present in the growing social awareness of the "Black Power Movement" which played a big part of our nation's growth, as seen through Besson's eyes.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Tales of the Paria Main Road
Publisher: Paria Publishing Company Ltd.
Publication Date: 2015
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New
Edition: 2nd Edition