{"product_id":"grounds-for-tenure-paperback","title":"Grounds for Tenure - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara Lalla\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gifted young scholar clings desperately to part-time employment at a Caribbean university. Then, a post opens up on an unknown offshore campus in Portmore, Jamaica. Into this harsh yet delicate terrain ventures Candace Clarke, bent on taking root in an academic world. As her relationship with her dysfunctional father grows more fraught, she draws comfort from her longstanding friend, Randall (a medievalist and would-be novelist), and she confides in him about her troubled past and bewildering present. Around her, insecurity and absurdity prompt malice, panic and redeeming wit.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlongside the lighter moments of college life, \u003ci\u003eGrounds for Tenure\u003c\/i\u003e discloses the diverse cravings of the ultra-smart and unexpectedly foolish, as well as their self-absorption and bottomless generosity. This tale of inner and outer landscapes marks a new departure in Caribbean fiction. Humorous, critical and compassionate, Barbara Lalla turns her keen gaze to the habitats for rising intellectuals in the Caribbean world of letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBARBARA LALLA\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emerita, Language and Literature, the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. In addition to the novels \u003ci\u003eUncle Brother\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCascade\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eArch of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, she is the author of numerous scholarly works, including \u003ci\u003ePostcolonialisms: Caribbean Rereading of Medieval English Discourse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDefining Jamaican Fiction: Marronage and the Discourse of Survival\u003c\/i\u003e, the companion volumes Language in \u003ci\u003eExile: Three Hundred Years of Jamaican Creole\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVoices in Exile: Jamaican Texts of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries\u003c\/i\u003e (co-authored with Jean D'Costa), and \u003ci\u003eCaribbean Literary Discourse\u003c\/i\u003e (co-authored with Jean D'Costa and Velma Pollard).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 370\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42105324667015,"sku":"9789766406219","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ad64a0b1adb26dac36dae5930e19df14.webp?v=1732433473","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/grounds-for-tenure-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}