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!!! blog review: http://africanbookaddict.com/2015/11/26/pig-tails-n-breadfruit-a-culinary-memoir-by-austin-clarke/
Not as engaging as I had anticipated. It was interesting learning about the origins of various Bajan meals from the days of slavery and how people of diff socio-economic groups cook differently with different ingredients (or as Clarke says 'ingreasements'). Lots of dialect in this too. Even though its a light read, the dialect makes a reader have to concentrate more to fully understand what Austin Clarke was saying - and he usually went off on a tangent most of the time as discussed the origins of foods... This is a solid 2.75 stars for me. But I still enjoyed it! Maybe I'll read more of Clarke's work in the future. So far, Jamaica Kincaid and Edwidge Danticat are on top of my list of great Caribbean authors. [MORE ON THE BOOK BLOG SOON!]
Not as engaging as I had anticipated. It was interesting learning about the origins of various Bajan meals from the days of slavery and how people of diff socio-economic groups cook differently with different ingredients (or as Clarke says 'ingreasements'). Lots of dialect in this too. Even though its a light read, the dialect makes a reader have to concentrate more to fully understand what Austin Clarke was saying - and he usually went off on a tangent most of the time as discussed the origins of foods... This is a solid 2.75 stars for me. But I still enjoyed it! Maybe I'll read more of Clarke's work in the future. So far, Jamaica Kincaid and Edwidge Danticat are on top of my list of great Caribbean authors. [MORE ON THE BOOK BLOG SOON!]
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