The Arrivants: A New World Trilogy--Rights of Passage / Islands / Masks

About this book

Here for the first time in a single volume is Edward Brathwaites Caribbean trilogy - Rights of Passage Masks and Islands - a brilliant exploration of the predicament of the contemporary New World Negro. Through the tension of jazz/folk rhythm through historical flashbacks and excursions to Europe New York and Africa the poet interweaves the past and present of his Caribbean homeland - its natural beauty its violent history the values that sustain its people - into a vigorous and distinctive poetic statement.