| Title : | Cereus Blooms at Night | | Material Type: | printed text | | Authors: | Shani Mootoo, Author | | Publisher: | McClelland & Stewart | | Publication Date: | 1996 | | ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-7710-6400-5 | | Languages : | English (eng) | | Abstract: | The fecund and fertile cycles of Caribbean life pervade this powerful first novel from Mootoo (Out on Main Street), who invokes all the senses, especially sight and smell, to portray the town of Paradise on the fictional island of Lantanacamara. When Mala Ramchandin, the town madwoman and a rumored murderess, checks into the Paradise Alms Hotel, the only nurse compassionate enough to properly care for her is Tyler, the young narrator of the tale. |
Cereus Blooms at Night [printed text] / Shani Mootoo, Author . - [S.l.] : McClelland & Stewart, 1996. ISBN : 978-0-7710-6400-5 Languages : English ( eng) | Abstract: | The fecund and fertile cycles of Caribbean life pervade this powerful first novel from Mootoo (Out on Main Street), who invokes all the senses, especially sight and smell, to portray the town of Paradise on the fictional island of Lantanacamara. When Mala Ramchandin, the town madwoman and a rumored murderess, checks into the Paradise Alms Hotel, the only nurse compassionate enough to properly care for her is Tyler, the young narrator of the tale. |
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