{"product_id":"the-brown-curtains-clive-sankardayal-9780970443250","title":"The Brown Curtains","description":"What happens in The Brown Curtains when a group of Guyanese professionals migrate to St. Lucia to take advantage of better pay, presents a lesson in racial, cultural, and religious tolerance that has important implications for the CSME and Caribbean integration. As one of the few West Indian novels to explore intra-Caribbean migration and cultural differences among CARICOM countries, The Brown Curtains is indeed a path-making work of art. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA novel of great humor, and philosophical and political insight.\u003cbr\u003e-Allan Weekes, Author of Talk of the Devil \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Brown Curtains embroils readers in a steaming love story involving Raj, an Indo-Guyanese emigrant to St. Lucia, and Felicity, a St. Lucian black beauty. The only question is whether their love can withstand the racial and religious bigotry of Raj's parents.\u003cbr\u003e-Anderson Reynolds, Author of Death by Fire \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA powerful commentary on race, culture, and religion, and the uncompromising influence of love... an insightful, persuasive, and entertaining work of art ... Sankardayal has succeeded in producing a work of genius.\u003cbr\u003e-Modeste Downes, Author of Phases \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether you are Black, Indian, Christian, Hindu or Moslem, The Brown Curtains gently goads you in the direction of forgotten trails and alleys of the diaspora. It is a novel for everyone because it shows that adapting to a new life is the same wherever you arrive.\u003cbr\u003e-Michael Aubertin, Author of Neg Maron: Freedom Fighters \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA remarkable piece of literature...a brilliant piece of prose writing...(delves into) the more sophisticated and complex issues of race relations, cultural tolerance...issues of sociology and culture are related in lavish humor and hilarity.\u003cbr\u003e-The Guyana Chronicle \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Brown Curtains deals with intra-Caribbean migration...issues of race, politics, and East Indian pathos...and stands alone in the way it has brought all those themes together in one drama.\u003cbr\u003e-Stabroek News \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Brown Curtains is an entertaining novel well worth reading...There is some comic relief, reminiscent of Shakespeare...Mr. Sankardayal joins that growing body of West Indian writers who have been making a most valuable contribution to world culture and to an understanding of the region and its peoples.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Jacques Compton, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts Chavalier De L'Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Clive Sankardayal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0970443250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780970443250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jako Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.52d","brand":"Clive Sankardayal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48453437128959,"sku":"9780970443250","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3a4a6326-04ca-4ce5-84c4-485d4f515df1.jpg?v=1777300215","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-brown-curtains-clive-sankardayal-9780970443250","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}