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La Danse Du Dragon

  • 1979 first published
  • 240 pages
  • ★ 3.2 (5 ratings)
  • 15 editions

Earl Lovelace's La Danse Du Dragon (1979) is a circus fiction novel. It takes readers to Trinidad and Port of Spain in 1945. Key subjects include caribbean laventile portofspain, Carnival, Poor and caribbean area.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, and 110 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 15 editions.

At about 240 pages, most readers finish it in 4–5 hours.

About La Danse Du Dragon

Takes place in port of Spain trinidad during the 40s a time when money was little but people knew how to be happy the story takes place in a shanti town on Calvary hill. The author definitely takes you back in time with his style of writing
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

  • 1945

Subjects

  • Caribbean laventile portofspain
  • Carnival
  • Poor
  • Caribbean area
  • Trinidadian and Tobagonian fiction
  • Social conditions
  • Romans, nouvelles
  • Mœurs et coutumes
  • Conditions sociales
  • Carnavals
  • Pauvres
  • Manners and customs

Quick answers

Who wrote La Danse Du Dragon?

La Danse Du Dragon was written by Earl Lovelace and first published in 1979.

What genre is La Danse Du Dragon?

It is usually shelved as Circus & Carnival.

How long is La Danse Du Dragon?

The median edition has 240 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to La Danse Du Dragon?

Readers who like it often enjoy Fat Tuesday, Something Wicked This Way Comes and Airs Above the Ground.

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