A Perfect Pledge
by Maharaj, Rabindranath
- New
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 0676976476
- ISBN 13
- 9780676976472
- Seller
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Knopf Canada, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. New - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. - It Is 1961 And Trinidad, At Once A Lush Island Paradise And A Poverty-Stricken Hole, Is Inching Toward Independence. Narpat, A Sugar Cane Farmer, Finds Himself Caught At The Crossroads Of A Changing World. He Is A Hard-Working Man Of Modest Means, And Is Sickened By The Corruption And Materialism Running Rampant On The Island. He Thinks His Neighbors Are Greedy, Shiftless, And Enslaved To The Rumshop. But Narpat Is Different. He Contrasts The Helplessness Of The Islanders With The Resourcefulness Of His Ancient Aryans, And Through A Series Of Stringent Moral Codes And Dietary Injunctions, Sets About To Create Order Within His Family And The Village. His Rules Impose A Great Deal Of Deprivation On His Wife And Four Children, And His Wife Must Wage Her Own Battle Against Her Husband's Ensuing Neglect. Then Narpat Decides To Single-Handedly Build A Factory To Prevent The Loss Of His Livelihood. Narpat's Youngest Son Jeeves Watches His Father's Obsession With The Factory, Watches His Mother's Health Decline, And Watches As She Dies. Unable To Prevent His Mother's Death, He Tries To Redeem His Father By Constantly Reminding Him Of The Fables The Older Man Told To His Young Children. And These Fables With Their Undertones Of Pledges And Duty Steel The Son For A Terrible Sacrifice. In A Perfect Pledge, Maharaj Combines A Dickensian Rendering Of The Effects Of Poverty, Caste, Envy, Superstition,Corruption And Bigotry With Vivid, Complex Characters And Gorgeous Writing, In A Novel That Celebrates Both The Resilience Of The Human Spirit And The Heartbreak Of Failed Dreams.
Synopsis
Rabindranath Maharaj is the author of two previous novels: The Lagahoo’s Apprentice , which was a Globe and Mail and Toronto Star notable book of the year; and Homer in Flight , which was nominated for the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award; and two collections of short stories, The Book of Ifs and Buts and The Interloper , which was nominated for a Regional Commonwealth Prize for Best First Book. Rabindranath Maharaj was born in Trinidad and now lives in Ajax, Ontario.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alright Bookstore (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003393
- Title
- A Perfect Pledge
- Author
- Maharaj, Rabindranath
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0676976476
- ISBN 13
- 9780676976472
- Publisher
- Knopf Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, On, Canada
- Date Published
- 2005
- Pages
- 416
- Keywords
- Fiction Books, Good Reads, Suspense, Teen Lit, Realistic Fiction, Adventure, Novel, Mystery General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- X weight
- 850 lb
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