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Salt

by Earl Lovelace · 1997

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One hundred years after Emancipation, the diverse people of Trinidad—African, Asian, and European—have not settled into the New World. In Salt, an unforgettable cast of men and women strive with wit and passion to make sense of life in an evolving homeland.

Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisCaribbeanCaribbeanMore like thisLess of thisTrinidad and TobagoTrinidad and TobagoMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 272 pages

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