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The Orchid House Paperback - 1996
by Allfrey, Phyllis S./ Paravisini-Gebert, Lizabeth (Introduction by)
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- Title The Orchid House
- Author Allfrey, Phyllis S./ Paravisini-Gebert, Lizabeth (Introduction by)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition F First Paperbac
- Condition New
- Pages 216
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Rutgers Univ Pr, Piscataway, NJ, U.S.A.
- Date 1996
- Bookseller's Inventory # x-081352332X
- ISBN 9780813523323 / 081352332X
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.51 x 0.5 in (21.34 x 14.00 x 1.27 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96020720
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
From the rear cover
First published in 1954, The Orchid House, Phyllis Shand Allfrey's only published novel, is a classic of Caribbean literature. In this markedly autobiographical story of the three daughters of a once-powerful but now impoverished white family, Allfrey interweaves her family's history with the history of her home island of Dominica in the twentieth century. The novel is written in a sensuous style and the story remarkably told through the eyes of Lally, the black nurse of the three sisters. Often praised for the clearsightedness of its analysis of the Dominican historical process, The Orchid House stands at a crucial intersection of West Indian politics. It was during this period that the colonized took over from the colonizer the direction of local governments. Allfrey, a Fabian socialist and founder of Dominica's first political party, articulates in this novel the central tenet of a political philosophy that guided a lifetime of grassroots activism: that profound changes had to take place in the power structures of Caribbean societies to bring social justice to its peoples, and that those who persevered in seeking to revive the past were doomed. This edition makes this classic novel available in paperback for the first time in years.