{"product_id":"austin-clarke-camille-a-isaacs-9781550717235","title":"Austin Clarke: Essays on His Works Volume 38","description":"\u003cp\u003eCulminating with the international success of \u003ci\u003eThe Polished Hoe\u003c\/i\u003e in 2002, Austin Clarke has published 11 novels, six short-story collections, four memoirs, and two non-fiction pieces. His latest work, a long-form poem titled \u003ci\u003eWhere the Sun Shines Best\u003c\/i\u003e (Guernica Editions), was published in 2013. \u003ci\u003eStorm of Fortune\u003c\/i\u003e, the second novel in his Toronto Trilogy about the lives of Barbadian immigrants, was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award in 1973. \u003ci\u003eThe Origin of Waves\u003c\/i\u003e won the Rogers Communications Writers' Development Trust Prize for Fiction in 1997. In 1999 his ninth novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Question\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award. In 2003 he had a private audience with Queen Elisabeth in honour of his Commonwealth Prize for his novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Polished Hoe\u003c\/i\u003e, which also won the Giller Prize in 2002. Clarke has also received a Toronto Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature (1992) and in 1998 he was invested with the Order of Canada. In 1999 he received the Martin Luther King Junior Award for Excellence in Writing. In 2012, he was the recipient of the $10,000 Harbourfront Award. This collection includes essays by Michael Buchnor, George Elliott Clarke, Daniel Coleman, Camille Isaacs, Smaro Kamboureli, Linda MacKinley-Hay, Brinda J. Mehta, Sarah Phillips Casteel, Maggie Quirt, Victor J. Ramraj, Marquita R. Smith, and Batia Boe Stolar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Camille A. Isaacs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1550717235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781550717235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Guernica Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 1.20d","brand":"Camille A. Isaacs","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48485610062079,"sku":"9781550717235","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_987c9494-721e-4daf-bcb5-a491737e0021.jpg?v=1778050363","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/austin-clarke-camille-a-isaacs-9781550717235","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}