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''[[A Brighter Sun]]'' is a novel by Trinidadian author Samuel Selvon, published in 1952.
Set in [[World War II]]-era Trinidad, the story centers on a young Indian native named Tiger, who is placed in an arranged marriage at age 16. Leaving home with his equally-young bride Urmilla, Tiger struggles to come to terms with his newly-acquired adult status and proving that he has, in fact, reached true manhood.
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The book was Selvon's first of 10 novels, published by Longman Publishers.
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* [[Abusive Parents]]: Joe Martin's grand-aunt, Ma Lambie, frequently beat him during his childhood.
* [[The Alcoholic]]: Sookdeo is the village drunkard, and can never go without a drink; some persons claim that he'll die from either too much rum or lack of it. {{spoiler|The latter case turns out to be true; he [[OOC Is Serious Business|refuses to have a drink]] when his land is taken over, having lost his reason and will for living}}.
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* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Joe's mother left him with his grand-aunt Ma Lambie, and nobody ever knew who his father was. Also, Henry's mother left him with Joe and Rita (his uncle and aunt) to live with a boyfriend in Venezuela, and his father is out of the picture as well.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Tiger feels intense remorse {{spoiler|for beating Urmilla}}, but it only comes after he's sobered up and gotten a [[What the Hell, Hero?]] from Joe.
* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: In Joe's backstory, at age 16, he [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|gives one to]] [[Evil Matriarch|Ma Lambie]] [[Hoist
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Sookdeo.
* [[Rule of Symbolism]]: The sun as a figure of hope; hence, the novel's title. Also, [[Truth in Television|sugar-cane fields as a figure of enslavement]].
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[[Category:A Brighter Sun]]
[[Category:Literature]]
[[Category:Caribbean Literature]]
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