{"product_id":"bivouac-paperback","title":"Bivouac - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKwame Dawes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Few other novels encapsulate Jamaica's political upheavals so well. Protagonist Ferron Morgan agonizes over his father's death, maybe from a doctor's mistake, maybe from a radical rival's hands. Meanwhile, he's running from everything, including his own emotions about his fianc馥--with sad results. \u003cem\u003eBivouac\u003c\/em\u003e is not an easy or light book, but the immediacy Dawes creates is worth it.\" --\u003cem\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/em\u003e, included in 5 Books You May Have Missed in April\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An examination of grief and politics in a deftly written novel set in 1980s Jamaica . . . Astonishing prose.\" --\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Ferron Morgan's father dies in suspicious circumstances, his trauma is exacerbated by the conflict within his family and among his father's friends over whether the death was the result of medical negligence or if it was a political assassination. Ferron grew up in awe of his father's radical political endeavors, but in later years he watched as the resurgence of the political right in the Caribbean in the 1980s robbed the man of his faith.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ferron's response to the death is further complicated by guilt, particularly over his failure to protect his fianc馥 from a brutal assault. He begins to investigate the direction of his life with great intensity, in particular his instinct to keep moving on and running from trouble.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This is a sharply focused portrayal of Jamaica at a tipping point in its recent past, in which the private grief and trauma condenses a whole society's scarcely understood sense of temporariness and dislocation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKwame Dawes\u003c\/b\u003e's debut novel \u003ci\u003eShe's Gone\u003c\/i\u003e (Akashic) was the winner of the Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award (Debut Fiction). He is the author of twenty-one books of poetry and numerous other books of fiction, criticism, and essays. In 2016, his book \u003ci\u003eSpeak from Here to There\u003c\/i\u003e, a cowritten collection of verse with Australian poet John Kinsella, was released along with \u003ci\u003eWhen the Rewards Can Be So Great: Essays on Writing and the Writing Life\u003c\/i\u003e, which Dawes edited. His most recent collection, \u003ci\u003eCity of Bones: A Testament\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2017. His awards include the Forward Poetry Prize, the Hollis Summers Poetry Prize, the Musgrave Silver Medal, several Pushcart Prizes, the Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Writers for Writers Award, and an Emmy Award. He is Glenna Luschei Editor of \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e and is Chancellor Professor of English at the University of Nebraska. Dawes serves as the associate poetry editor for Peepal Tree Press and is director of the African Poetry Book Fund. He is series editor of the African Poetry Book Series--the latest of which is \u003ci\u003eNew-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Sita)\u003c\/i\u003e--and artistic director of the Calabash International Literary Festival. Dawes is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and in 2018 was elected as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770635059488,"sku":"9781617757105","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e16dd9c1115d5bc013d2a83fc77baf4b.webp?v=1780375841","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bivouac-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}