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The Hills Were Joyful Together is a novel that tells the story of several characters in Jamaica in the 1950s. It is a stark and brutal reflection on colonial Jamaica and the condition of the urban poor, and it is told through the voices and stories of several boldly drawn characters. The novel begins with Surjue, a man arrested and imprisoned following a botched robbery, who struggles for survival within Jamaica's colonial prison. It bears an unflinching and distressing realism that combines poetic spirit, tragic vision, and prophetic rage, while offering an acute look at the reality the poor in 1950s Jamaica.
Bending and manipulating the linear narrative structures of conventional fiction, this stark and brutal novel-originally published in 1953-is a powerful reflection on colonial Jamaica and the condition of the urban poor, told through the voices and stories of several boldly drawncharacters. Beginning with Surjue, a man arrested and imprisoned following a botched robbery, who struggles for survival within Jamaica's colonial prison, this tale bears an unflinching and distressing realism that combines poetic spirit, tragic vision, and prophetic rage, while offering an acute look at the reality the poor in 1950s Jamaica.
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