{"product_id":"moon-on-a-rainbow-shawl","title":"Errol John: Moon on a Rainbow Shawl [2012] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoon on a Rainbow Shawl \u003c\/i\u003eby Errol John depicts the vibrant, cosmopolitan of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad - a world that is as harsh as it is filled with colour and warmth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEsther - if yer have yer head screw on right - No matter where yer go - One night - some time - Yer reach up - yer touch that moon.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the teeming populace of Old Mack's cacophonous yard in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, it's a cheek by jowl existence lived out on a sweltering public stage. Snatches of calypso compete with hymn tunes, drums and street cries as neighbours drink, brawl, pass judgment, make love, look out for each other and crave a better life. But Ephraim is no dreamer and nothing, not even the seductive Rosa, is going to stop him escaping his dead-end job for a fresh start in England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet as returning troops from the Second World War fill the town with their raucous celebrations, Erroll John's \u003ci\u003eMoon on a Rainbow Shawl\u003c\/i\u003e depicts a vibrant, cosmopolitan world that is as harsh as it is filled with colour and warmth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published by Faber in 1958, \u003ci\u003eMoon on a Rainbow Shawl \u003c\/i\u003ewas revived at the National Theatre, London, in March 2012.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A brawling, laughing, bitter sense of life courses through \u003ci\u003eMoon on a Rainbow Shawl\u003c\/i\u003e. Errol John fills the stage with people of flesh and blood; he communicates the harshness and tension in this steaming, crowded corner of Port-of-Spain. He writes with such warmth and understanding that the problems and characters of a mean backyard in Trinidad assume a validity for a multitude of teeming, troubled places on this planet.' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Errol John's seminal Caribbean drama deserves to be recognised as a twentieth-century classic.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John, Errol","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":47924981268819,"sku":"XG80571290109","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/john-errol-moon-on-a-rainbow-shawl-xg80571290109-55238698828115.jpg?v=1726895480","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/moon-on-a-rainbow-shawl","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}