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The
2003 Award
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Tide Running by Oonya Kempadoo
Nominated by:
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Publisher of Nominated Edition: Picador ISBN : 0330482521 |
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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| Cliff
and Ossie have grown up in Plymouth on the island of Tobago, their lives
turning on the axis of small town life; young men fooling outside Masta
Barbar's shop, gangsta-rap blasting; Baywatch and 'Opree Winfree' interrupted
by frantic street calls from the preacher-man; a morning's fishing and sex. Then a young couple and their child arrive on the island. Bella, a Caribbean woman, and Peter, an Englishman come to live on the hill overlooking the sea. And it is here, drawn by the cool 'film-style' house, that the harsh, bright, brittle life of urban Plymouth may be kept briefly at bay. It is here too that desires and tensions deepen. Tide Running brings to life the characters of the contemporary Caribbean and captures the predicament of a young society looking to America for its fantasies and heroes, raising questions about relationships, wealth and responsibility. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Oonya Kempadoo was born in England of Guyanese parents in 1966. She was brought up in Guyana and has since lived in Europe and various islands in the Caribbean. Her first novel, Buxton Spice, was nominated for the 2000 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. She now lives in Grenada. |
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