In the Castle of My Skin

George Lamming

1128 valutazioni di Goodreads

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Penguin Books Ltd, 2017

0241296064 / 9780241296066

Da: Book Grocer, Tullamarine, VIC, AustraliaBook Grocer

Venditore con 5 stelle

Venditore AbeBooks dal 15 ottobre 2025

Brossura

Condizione: Usato

EUR 18,14

EUR 26,78 spedizione 
Spedito da Australia a U.S.A.

Quantità: 2 disponibili

Aggiungi al carrello
Resi gratuiti per 30 giorni

Descrizione dell’articolo da parte del venditore

George Lamming, Penguin Books Ltd. A powerful autobiographical novel of race and class by one of the leading Caribbean writers of the 20th century In a sleepy fishing village in 1930s Barbados, nine-year-old G. leads a life of quiet mischief. While the village lies tranquil in the shadow of its English landlord, Mr Creighton, and his towering house on the hill, G. makes his own fun, crab catching, teasing preachers, and playing among the pumpkin vines. Yet from this world of boyish pursuits, the precocious G. finds himself slowly awakening to strange goings-on in adult society. All around him, sudden bursts of violence - a devastating flood on the morning of his birthday; the headmaster unduly flogging his schoolmates on Empire day - hint at a brutality and destruction lurking beneath the apparently peaceful order of things. As the mounting wrongs of the present drive the villagers to rise up against Mr Creighton, the fissures in the fa ade of his Barbadian 'little England' begin to crack open, laying bare the central, bruising secret at the heart of their shared past. And as the world he knows crumbles before his eyes, G. is spurred ever closer to a life-changing decision. Poetic, unsettling, this classic coming-of-age novel is a story of tragic innocence, as a poor village boy comes to consciousness amid the collapse of colonial rule in mid-century Barbados.George Lamming was a Barbados-born novelist, essayist, and poet. He taught at universities around the world, including posts of Distinguished Visiting Professor at Duke University and Visiting Professor at Brown University. His books include In the Castle of My Skin (1953), The Emigrants (1954), Of Age and Innocence (1958), and The Pleasures of Exile (1960).…

Codice articolo 9780241296066-RETAIL

Titolo
In the Castle of My Skin
Autore
George Lamming
Editore
Penguin Books Ltd
Anno di pubblicazione
2017
Tipo di libro
Paperback
Rilegatura
Paperback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
0241296064
ISBN 13
9780241296066
Peso dell'articolo
0,27 grammi
Dimensioni
130

Book Grocer

Tullamarine, VIC, Australia

Venditore con 5 stelle

Venditore AbeBooks dal 15 ottobre 2025

Tariffe di spedizione da Australia a U.S.A.

ArticoloDa 15 a 25 giorni lavorativiDa 15 a 25 giorni lavorativi
Primo articoloEUR 26,78EUR 26,78
I tempi di consegna sono stabiliti dai venditori e variano in base al corriere e al paese. Gli ordini che devono attraversare una dogana possono subire ritardi e spetta agli acquirenti pagare eventuali tariffe o dazi associati. I venditori possono contattarti in merito ad addebiti aggiuntivi dovuti a eventuali maggiorazioni dei costi di spedizione dei tuoi articoli.

Metodi di pagamento

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Carte Bleue
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay

Descrizione dello Store

Book Grocer - Australia's best bargain bookstore. We stock over 100,000 titles, all discounted and ready to ship from our Melbourne warehouse. We buy and sell second hand books. Book Grocer is Australian and family-owned since 2000.

Specializzazione

Fiction, History, Children's - all categories

Informazioni sull’azienda del venditore

Castlebooks Pty Ltd

5/101 Keilor Park Drive
Tullamarine, VIC Australia 3043