{"product_id":"the-bastards-bertne-juminer-9780813912042","title":"The Bastards","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a novel of education: social, political, radical, and medical. The protagonist is collective, a group of medical students from French Guiana at the University of Montpellier, France, who learn what separates them as Caribbean people from their French and African counterparts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJuminer characterizes the three principal types of men drawn together in the stuggle for emancipation: \"those who sooner or later will opt for violence; those who, by their sterling example, prefer to work patiently in the socioprofessional arena, in order to instill a certain moral and civic sense in their countrymen; and finally, those who wear their bourgeois legacy like a curse and will be ready to try anything, including terrorism, to prove that they are not enemies of the people.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bertne Juminer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813912040\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813912042\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Virginia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.47h x 5.50w x 0.62d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/06\/1989","brand":"Bertne Juminer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45064510767359,"sku":"9780813912042","price":23.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eefb5e1b-5639-41ed-9a05-28b9e916ea1b.jpg?v=1712124489","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bastards-bertne-juminer-9780813912042","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}