<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 …showed first 75 words of 1092 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1092 total…river . <Tab/>At the end I believe that Caryle Phillips succeed in using the style and the technique of his novel to portray and confirm his point of view and his perspective in this life. <Tab/>Work Cited: Ledent,Benedicte. " 'Overlapping Territories, Intertwined Histories':cross-culturality in Caryl Phillips's Crossing the River." Journal of commonwealth Literature 30.1(1995):55-62. Phillips, Caryle. Cossing the River .United state,New York.vintage books 1994