Roger Mais (1905–1955)
Auteur de Brother Man (Caribbean Writers Series ; 10)
A propos de l'auteur
Mais spoke for the dispossessed black community of Jamaica. His novel "The Hills Were Joyful Together" (1953) is a devastating portrait of degradation and violence that uses a complicated symbolic structure. Set in a tenement yard in Kingston, the work focuses on a multitude of characters and their afficher plus struggle merely to exist. In 1952, Mais left Jamaica, perhaps because of the negative reaction to the social voice in his work. The works published after he left his native country continue his preoccupation with the social constrictions of his time, and they show a growing tension between the concept of the artist's duty and the notion of the individual artistic conscience. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de Roger Mais
The 3 novels of Roger Mais 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories: Reissue (Oxford Books of Prose) (1999) — Contributeur — 93 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1905-08-11
- Date de décès
- 1955
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Jamaica
- Lieu de naissance
- Kingston, Jamaica
- Lieux de résidence
- Kingston, Jamaica
- Prix et distinctions
- Order of Jamaica, 1978
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Big Jubilee List (1)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 6
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 106
- Popularité
- #181,887
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 6
- ISBN
- 9
- Favoris
- 2