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A Book & A Poem

3/1/2021

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by Rana Asfour
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Ingrid Persaud’s novel “Love After Love” is inspired by West Indian poet Derek Walcott’s poem “Love After Love” which happens to be the most perfect poem for the beginning of a new year.

This novel, set in Trinidad and Tobago, is dazzling, heartbreaking & heart mending & a definite must read. I did have to wade through the island’s dialect, but I soon found my feet & succumbed to the magic of the electrifying prose & breezed right through it. Although I must emphasise that it is a read meant to be savoured, not only for its literary offerings but also for its culinary ones as well. By the middle of the book I was drooling over the Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian dishes. So much so that it’s all I want to eat all of next week.

A multi-themed novel circulating around who & how we love, the obligations of family & the consequences of choices made in desperation. It offered a nuanced unsentimental or sensationalist examination of life in Trinidad & Tobago. What sets it apart is that despite some characters leaving the island in search for a future in the US, the story remained rooted in the island itself. Other themes include domestic violence & self-harm handled with sensitivity.
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​Things I learnt from this novel:
  1. Christopher Columbus never set foot on the island despite all history saying otherwise.
  2. I enjoyed the audiobook so much so that it felt like a separate book altogether coz frankly listening to Ingrid Persaud tell the story is magnificence itself.
  3. Flawed characters make for best reading experience.
  4. The LGBT community in Trinidad & Tobago faced legal challenges up until 2016.
  5. Joy & love come in different forms and shapes. You’d think I’d know that by now. I do. But it’s always good to be reminded that love is not one size fits all.
  6. This novel is a great reminder of the importance of self-love & friendship: “...And who can’t bring peace or add a little comfort to my life can move right along.”
  7. Offers great advice for new year resolution makers: “Live a little. Best to do things while you still have your own teeth in your mouth”
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