The book is about love, life and politics and reflects the essential aspects of daily existence in a small island society with its joys and pathos and its emotional and spiritual struggles.
The book is captivating in its forthrightness and the ease with which the author takes the reader through the nuance of language and expression, full of Caribbean sound and colour.
ALICK LAZARE was born in Dominica on October 17, 1934. He began, in the mid-fifties, writing short stories for radio broadcast to the Windward Islands and in Barbados as well as for local magazines and periodicals. During a long career in the Dominica public service (in which he served in senior positions such as Financial Secretary and Fiscal Advisor), he continued to be involved in creative writing. He self-published a book of short stories titled Carib in 1996. Nature Island Verses is his first publication of poetry.