A Far Cry from Plymouth Rock: A Personal Narrative

by Kwame Dawes

Directly addressing the relationship with his father, a Marxist Caribbean nationalist, Kwame Dawes presents a memoir of intellectual rigor that is coupled with great tenderness. With the immediacy of a man thinking aloud and the careful structure of art that recalls the places that have molded his life--from Ghana and Jamaica to Canada and America--Dawes explores the nearly universal conditions of migrants. Ultimately about the joys of personal differences,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845230256
• ISBN13: 9781845230258
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Peepal Tree Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.1"