<Tab/>' Memorable, convincing characters , broad vision , and evocative narrative result in a novel both resonant and deeply moving ... A string meditation on hardship and perseverance of people torn from home' These words are of Publishers weekly from the acclaim for Caryl Phillips's "Crossing the River", these words describe the novel purpose and how it is structured to present or as Bendedicat Lendent says "to explore what has been called 'the waven complexity' of colonial society" . Another quote for Entertainment weekly from the acclaim for Caryl Phillips's 'Crossing th…