{"product_id":"here-raymond-ramcharitar-9781845232122","title":"Here","description":"A poetic approach to revising and re-creating Caribbean mythology on an epic scale, this book-length autobiographical poem in five parts addresses the large themes of the Caribbean experience: history, migration, myth, and domestic love. The different movements vary in style and tone--from blank verse, to terza rima, to heroic couplets--but are unified by the voice of the single narrator, which changes over time. Prefaced by a passage from the Ramayana, the poem begins on the plains of Caroni, where the narrator traces his beginnings, and moves to an overnight bus journey through Europe, a sojourn in Toronto, and an account of a broken marriage, addressed to the narrator's daughter. The series of poems ends with \"The Last Avatar,\" a miniepic which recasts the Caribbean as a Hindu eschatological myth and places its heroes as the holy trinity of Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu in Caribbean terms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raymond Ramcharitar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1845232127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781845232122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peepal Tree Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.30d","brand":"Raymond Ramcharitar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486175015167,"sku":"9781845232122","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1d8e5a94-09da-463c-b674-6a8284b4370a.jpg?v=1778054171","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/here-raymond-ramcharitar-9781845232122","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}