Barbara Lalla: By Such a Parting Light, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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Disaster catapults three children into the care of their Caribbean grandparents,
before another relative, elusive and perhaps unstable, makes a conflicting claim
to guardianship. Balancing domestic calamity against her own compulsive
writing, Aria faces physical and psychological threats as a pandemic creeps up
on the world and the country moves into lockdown. By Such a Parting Light
offers a humorous and poignant tale of aging and of coming of age, and it takes
a mischievous approach to the multiple meanings of retirement.

A must for all readers of Caribbean and island literature - for readers with a
taste for realism that blends seamlessly into strains of the marvelous and gothic
- the novel's themes of loss and separation, love and resilience, are universally
appealing. The book personalizes local and international violence and terror by
bringing it all home to a small country in an international context of uncontained
infection and catastrophic politics. Turning an astonished eye on developed
nations from the frail shelter of a tiny island, the tale unveils alternative notions
of civilization and enlightenment.