Barbara Lalla is the author of two other novels, Cascade, A Novel, and Arch of Fire. Professor Emeritus of Language and Literature at The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Barbara Lalla was born in Jamaica and educated at UWI, Mona, before moving to Trinidad and Tobago. A winner of the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence, and Campus Orator for many years, Barbara Lalla has several scholarly publications, including Postcolonialisms, Defining Jamaican Fiction, Voices in Exile and Language in Exile (in collaboration with Jean D’Costa), and Caribbean Literary Discourse (co-authored with Jean D’Costa and Velma Pollard).

Barbara Lalla is the author of two other novels, Cascade, A Novel, and Arch of Fire. Professor Emeritus of Language and Literature at The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Barbara Lalla was born in Jamaica and educated at UWI, Mona, before moving to Trinidad and Tobago. A winner of the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence, and Campus Orator for many years, Barbara Lalla has several scholarly publications, including Postcolonialisms, Defining Jamaican Fiction, Voices in Exile and Language in Exile (in collaboration with Jean D’Costa), and Caribbean Literary Discourse (co-authored with Jean D’Costa and Velma Pollard).

Barbara Lalla is the author of two other novels, Cascade, A Novel, and Arch of Fire. Professor Emeritus of Language and Literature at The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Barbara Lalla was born in Jamaica and educated at UWI, Mona, before moving to Trinidad and Tobago. A winner of the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence, and Campus Orator for many years, Barbara Lalla has several scholarly publications, including Postcolonialisms, Defining Jamaican Fiction, Voices in Exile and Language in Exile (in collaboration with Jean D’Costa), and Caribbean Literary Discourse (co-authored with Jean D’Costa and Velma Pollard).