{"product_id":"grounds-for-tenure-9789766406219","title":"Grounds for Tenure","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gifted young scholar clings desperately to part-time employment at a Caribbean university. Then, a post opens up on an unknown offshore campus in Portmore, Jamaica. Into this harsh yet delicate terrain ventures Candace Clarke, bent on taking root in an academic world. As her relationship with her dysfunctional father grows more fraught, she draws comfort from her longstanding friend, Randall (a medievalist and would-be novelist), and she confides in him about her troubled past and bewildering present. Around her, insecurity and absurdity prompt malice, panic and redeeming wit.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlongside the lighter moments of college life, \u003ci\u003eGrounds for Tenure\u003c\/i\u003e discloses the diverse cravings of the ultra-smart and unexpectedly foolish, as well as their self-absorption and bottomless generosity. This tale of inner and outer landscapes marks a new departure in Caribbean fiction. Humorous, critical and compassionate, Barbara Lalla turns her keen gaze to the habitats for rising intellectuals in the Caribbean world of letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11281301\"\u003eBarbara Lalla\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of the West Indies Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789766406219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9766406219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC044000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC025000\"\u003ePsychological\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBARBARA LALLA\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emerita, Language and Literature, the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. In addition to the novels \u003ci\u003eUncle Brother\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCascade\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eArch of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, she is the author of numerous scholarly works, including \u003ci\u003ePostcolonialisms: Caribbean Rereading of Medieval English Discourse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDefining Jamaican Fiction: Marronage and the Discourse of Survival\u003c\/i\u003e, the companion volumes Language in \u003ci\u003eExile: Three Hundred Years of Jamaican Creole\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVoices in Exile: Jamaican Texts of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries\u003c\/i\u003e (co-authored with Jean D'Costa), and \u003ci\u003eCaribbean Literary Discourse\u003c\/i\u003e (co-authored with Jean D'Costa and Velma Pollard).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of the West Indies Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44697351586029,"sku":"9789766406219","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_494f6ec7-dcd8-4d31-bf8f-b9d6a6097634.jpg?v=1703816467","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/grounds-for-tenure-9789766406219","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}