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In the Castle of My Skin (Ann Arbor Paperbacks)
George Lamming
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Paperback. An autobiographical novel of race and class by one of the leading Black writers of the 20th century. Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
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.
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 ... Read more
One of the leading Black writers of the twentieth century, George Lamming is the author of numerous works exploring the colonial experience.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Series
Ann Arbor Paperbacks
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472064687
SKU
V9780472064687
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Ref
99-40
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