{"product_id":"minty-alley-c-l-r-james-9781578060276","title":"Minty Alley","description":"First published in London in 1939, \u003ci\u003eMinty Alley\u003c\/i\u003e is now available to American readers. In the pages of this work, C. L. R. James is both an imaginative political theorist and a sensitive commentator on the West Indian social and cultural scene. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJames's novel has been acclaimed as \"a groundbreaking example of regional social realism\" and as \"a major forerunner of the Caribbean literary movements in English.\" Many of James's readers believe that it is not possible fully to comprehend Caribbean literary art in English without first reading \u003ci\u003eMinty Alley\u003c\/i\u003e. In the interactions of the characters of Maisie, Haynes, Mrs. Rouse, and Benoit, James discerns new forms of society rooted in the oldest of desires and aspirations. In the everyday language of the unforgettable dialogues in the novel James reveals new modes of human relationships. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHaynes, a young middle-class lodger at No. 2 Minty Alley, becomes both confidant and judge as he examines the other inhabitants at this address. From his experiences, he realizes the mutually impoverishing alienation of the educated West Indian from the mainstream. Through Haynes's vivid narration, James presents the rich cultural life on Minty Alley. Haynes, an outsider among people of lower class, knows his fellow lodgers only as they have revealed themselves to him through their speech and actions, yet each has a mysterious inner life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrequently reprinted in the United Kingdom, \u003ci\u003eMinty Alley\u003c\/i\u003e at last reaches the United States so that American readers can learn what much of the rest of the English-speaking world has long known, that before such masterworks as \u003ci\u003eThe Black Jacobins\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWorld Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBeyond a Boundary\u003c\/i\u003e, C. L. R. James had already made his mark as one of the foremost of West Indian novelists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C. L. R. James\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1578060273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781578060276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.01h x 5.07w x 0.74d","brand":"C. L. R. James","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047867838719,"sku":"9781578060276","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_18c7f7b8-6a34-468d-a748-52e62e928ff3.jpg?v=1684992614","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/minty-alley-c-l-r-james-9781578060276","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}