{"product_id":"the-roar-of-morning-tip-marugg-9780300207644","title":"The Roar of Morning","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new publication of a masterwork of Dutch Caribbean literature by Tip Marugg, \"the hermit of Curaçao\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Tip\" Marugg's \u003ci\u003eThe Roar of Morning\u003c\/i\u003e has been widely praised as an intensely personal, often dreamlike literary masterpiece that balances Caribbean mysticism with the magical realism of Latin American fiction while reflecting the Calvinist sensibilities of the region's Dutch colonial past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The story begins on a tropical Antilles night. A man drinks and awaits the coming dawn with his dogs, thinking he might well commit suicide in \"the roar of morning.\" While contemplating his possible end, the events of his life on Curaçao and on mainland Venezuela come rushing back to him. Some memories are recent, others distant; all are tormented by the politics of a colonialist \"gone native.\" He recalls sickness and sexual awakening as well as personal encounters with the extraordinary and unexplained. As the day breaks, he has an apocalyptic vision of a great fire engulfing the entire South American continent. The countdown to Armageddon has begun, in a brilliantly dissolute narrative akin to Malcolm Lowry's \u003ci\u003eUnder the Volcano\u003c\/i\u003e and the writings of Charles Bukowski. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tip Marugg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300207646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300207644\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.20w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/31\/2015","brand":"Tip Marugg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48135966130431,"sku":"9780300207644","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7765ee18-ab4e-49ef-b85a-76e7ee196f71.jpg?v=1770159627","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-roar-of-morning-tip-marugg-9780300207644","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}