For the Life of Laetitia
- 160 páginas
- 6 horas de lectura
Twelve-year-old Lacey is thrilled to be the first in her family to be admitted to secondary school, even though it means leaving her small Caribbean village and moving into town.
Merle Hodge es una novelista trinitense cuya obra es un clásico de la literatura de las Indias Occidentales. Su escritura se adentra profundamente en temas de identidad, colonialismo y negociación cultural dentro del panorama caribeño poscolonial. Hodge explora las complejidades del despertar personal y colectivo en una sociedad moldeada por desigualdades históricas. Su estilo distintivo combina de manera fluida la prosa lírica con un comentario social incisivo.



Twelve-year-old Lacey is thrilled to be the first in her family to be admitted to secondary school, even though it means leaving her small Caribbean village and moving into town.
A revealing novel of childhood about Tee who is being made socially acceptable by her aunt so that she can cope with the caste system of Trinidad.
Die 12jährige Lätitia, die auf Trinidad in ländlicher Umgebung bei ihrer Grossmutter aufgewachsen ist, soll zu ihrem Vater und dessen neuer Familie in die Stadt ziehen.