$34.58
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2017
Summary
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 hi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241296066 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241296064 |
| Author: | George Lamming |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2017 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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Its poetic imaginative writing has never been surpassed
Its poetic imaginative writing has never been surpassed * Tribune *
Rich and riotous * The Times *
Fluent, poetical, sophisticated * Sunday Times *
About The Author
George Lamming
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).
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