Phyllis Shand Allfrey: A Caribbean Life

by Lizabeth-Paravi Gebert and Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert

Phyllis Shand Allfrey is the first biography of one of the Caribbean's most intriguing writers and politicians. Allfrey (1908-1986) is best known as the author of The Orchid House, a fictionalized account of her early life that was turned into a highly acclaimed film for British television. Born to a prominent family of formerly wealthy sugar planters in Dominica, Allfrey followed an unexpected path: a rising novelist (who is often paired with Jean...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081352265X
• ISBN13: 9780813522654
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"