{"product_id":"the-final-passage-paperback","title":"The Final Passage - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCaryl Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the British-West Indian novelist who is rapidly emerging as the bard of the African diaspora comes a haunting work about \"the final passage\"--the exodus of black West Indians from their impoverished islands to the uncertain opportunities of England. In her village of St. Patrick's, Leila Preston has no prospects, a young son, and a husband, Michael, who seems to prefer the company of his mistress. So when her ailing mother travels to England for medical care, Leila decides to follow her. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Caryl Phillips follows the Prestons' outward voyage--and their bewildered attempt to find a home in a country whose rooming houses post signs announcing \"No vacancies for coloureds\"--he produces a tragicomic portrait of hope and dislocation. \u003ci\u003eThe Final Passage\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel rich in language, acute in its grasp of character, and unforgettable in its vision of the colonial legacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Like Isabel Allende and Gabriel Garc a M rquez, Phillips writes of times so heady and chaotic and of characters so compelling that time moves as if guided by the moon and dreams.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaryl Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e was born in St. Kitts, West Indies, and brought up in England. He is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction. His novel \u003ci\u003eDancing in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2006 PEN\/Beyond Margins Award, and an earlier novel, \u003ci\u003eA Distant Shore\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2004 Commonwealth Writers' Prize. His other awards include the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and currently lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 7.95 x 5.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 31, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42132482228359,"sku":"9780679759317","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/72c5397a38e445f30b391dd6ec020589.webp?v=1732626728","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-final-passage-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}