{"product_id":"moon-on-a-rainbow-shawl","title":"Moon on a Rainbow Shawl","description":"Moon on a Rainbow Shawl by 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\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 Moon on a Rainbow Shawl 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, Moon on a Rainbow Shawl was revived at the National Theatre, London, in March 2012.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A brawling, laughing, bitter sense of life courses through Moon on a Rainbow Shawl. 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.'' New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Errol John''s seminal Caribbean drama deserves to be recognised as a twentieth-century classic.'' Independent on Sunday","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56014244905295,"sku":"9780571290109","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/moon-on-a-rainbow-shawl","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}