| In the Castle of My Skin Revised Edition Contributor(s): Lamming, George (Author) |
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ISBN: 0472064681 ISBN-13: 9780472064687 Publisher: University of Michigan Press OUR PRICE: $19.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1992 Annotation: An autobiographical novel of race and class by one of the leading Black writers of the 20th century |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Literary Criticism |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 91042068 |
| Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.4" W x 8" (0.80 lbs) 344 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |