Prophets

by Kwame Dawes

Set in Jamaica in the late 1980s and 1990s, Prophets is a poem of rhythmic and metaphoric inventiveness that portrays the social and cultural resonances of Jamaican society along with the tension between an ebullient cynicism and a heartfelt desire for faith. As 24-hour television, belching out the voices of American hellfire preachers, competes with dancehall, slackness, and ganja for Jamaican minds, Clarice and Thalbot preach their own conflicting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845234049
• ISBN13: 9781845234041
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Peepal Tree Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"