... humans but not overwhelmed by it." Ramraj's words capture an essential quality of both the man and the work, one that enables us to distinguish him among that remarkably gifted band of Caribbean writers who set sail for London, fame, and variable fortune in the fifties. He arrived early, in 1950, with most of A Brighter Sun in his baggage, on the ... islanders as disadvantaged victims who are rootless, unimportant, and uncreative, Selvon writes with a genuine pride in his people and in their country, despite the social disadvantages and faded dreams that define their world(Benson, 1434-...

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