WALCOTT, DEREK

The Castaway and Other Poems

London, Jonathan Cape. 1978, Re-Issue. (ISBN: 0224617729) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Carribean Author from Santa Lucia received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is known for writing about the harsh legacy of colonialism and the complexities of living and writing in two cultural worlds. In this volume he uses the metaphors of shipwreck and Crusoe to make sense on this Colonial history. CONDITION Laminated card wraps, unworn with faded spine, 62 pages. Copy is nice and crisp. Very Good.

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Book number: 16006

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: 0224617729

DEREK WALCOTT

The Castaway and Other Poems

U.K. Jonathan Cape. 1965, 1st Edition. Hardcover, with dust jacket, 6 x 8 ½. Book, Pencil marks on outside of covers, foxing to title page, browning to text block, chipping to edges and spine of jacket otherwise pages clean and binding sound. Early poems of Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott. Good/Fair.

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Book number: 000965

Catalogue: Caribbean Literature & Language

Keywords: Nobel Laureate Literature Derek Walcott, St. Lucia Poetry, Caribbean Poetry, Caribbean Literature Literature From the Caribbean