In the Castle of My Skin

Lamming, George

ISBN 10: 0472064681 / ISBN 13: 9780472064687

Editore: University of Michigan Press, 1992

Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Codice articolo G0472064681I3N11

Riassunto:

Nearly forty years after its initial publication, George Lamming's In the Castle of My Skin is considered a classic narrative of the Black colonial experience. This poetic autobiographical novel juxtaposes the undeveloped, unencumbered life of a small Caribbean island with the materialism and anxiety of the twentieth century.

Written when Lamming was twenty-three and residing in England, In the Castle of My Skin poignantly chronicles the author's life from his ninth to his nineteenth year. Through the eyes of a young boy the experiences of colonial education, class tensions, and natural disaster are interpreted and reinterpreted, mediated through the presence of the old villagers and friends who leave for the mainland.

One of the leading Black writers of the twentieth century, George Lamming is the author of numerous works exploring the colonial experience.

Product Description: An autobiographical novel of race and class by one of the leading Black writers of the 20th century

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Titolo: In the Castle of My Skin
Casa editrice: University of Michigan Press
Data di pubblicazione: 1992
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Good
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket