ISLANDERS (PAPERBACK) IN SOUTH AFRICA

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Enigmatic and multi-layered, "Islanders" is about finding one's own hard-won truth. A young man's indelible memories of the struggle to find intimacy--formative experiences like the ebb and flow of friendships, love, and ordinary workaday life--are viewed through a lens of nostalgic longing and hard-eyed realism as he attempts to come to terms with the past. Set during the cataclysm of the last years of the war in Vietnam, in a landscape that shifts between the bleak fishing towns of the Atlantic coast to the ruined cities of the Northeast, "Islanders" explores the classic theme of identity's intricate relationship to place. Features Summary Seen through the prism of personal history, an evocative, unsettling view of a world falling apart. Author Ammiel Alcalay Publisher City Lights Books Release date 20100318 Pages 96 ISBN 0-87286-506-1 ISBN 13 978-0-87286-506-8