Absence of Ruins, an PB

By Orlando Patterson

Originally published in 1967, An Absence of Ruins is a poignant portrayal of a man shaped by the colonial education of the Caribbean intellectual class. Orlando Patterson offers a devastating critique of middle-class intellectualism through the self-condemning perceptions of the main character, Alexander Blackman, and the vibrant reality of the world he is unable to embrace--the world of the Jamaican working class. An intensive and inward portrayal of what the world looks like to a man who has been shaped by the deeply entrenched consequences of colonialism, this novel is full of sardonic humor and a nihilism that emerges as a kind of integrity.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184523104X
• ISBN13: 9781845231040
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Peepal Tree Press
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"