{"product_id":"no-pain-like-this-body-paperback","title":"No Pain Like This Body - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHarold Sonny Ladoo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Chariandy\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe A List edition of Harold Sonny Ladoo's enduring novel, a raw, unsentimental story of life in a small Caribbean community. Featuring a new introduction by David Chariandy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSet in the Eastern Caribbean at the beginning of the twentieth century, \u003cem\u003eNo Pain Like this Body\u003c\/em\u003e describes the perilous existence of a poor rice-growing family during the August rainy season. Their struggles to cope with illness, a drunken and unpredictable father, and the violence of the elements end in unbearable loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough vivid, vertiginous prose, and with brilliant economy and originality, Ladoo creates a fearful world of violation and grief, in the face of which even the most despairing efforts to endure stand out as acts of courage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarold Sonny Ladoo was born and grew up in Trinidad. He emigrated to Canada in 1968, where he published \u003ci\u003eNo Pain Like This Body\u003c\/i\u003e. Shortly afterwards, in 1973, Ladoo died an untimely and violent death on a visit home to Calcutta Settlement, Trinidad. He was twenty-eight. Ladoo's novel \u003ci\u003eYesterdays\u003c\/i\u003e appeared posthumously in 1974.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 03, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47444812857522,"sku":"9781770893740","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/ab8c715ff51605434fe1ef2d589058f2.webp?v=1778712010","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/no-pain-like-this-body-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}