Lamming, George
The Pleasures of Exile (Pluto Classics)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780745323442
- author:
- Lamming, George
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Pluto Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2005
- Pages:
- 248
- Genre:
- Literature
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Pleasures of Exile explores themes of identity formation through George Lamming's personal experience of exile in Britain. Written during this time, the book draws upon Lamming's own memoirs and incorporates elements from Shakespeare's The Tempest and CLR James's The Black Jacobins.
This work of non-fiction, first published in 1960, examines the physical, intellectual, psychological, and cultural responses to colonialism. It offers a rich spectrum of reflections on the experience of being a West Indian in London during the 1950s and 60s.
A new edition with a new preface and introduction reveals Lamming as a writer ahead of his time, exploring issues that remain central to studies of literature today, including the politics of migration, cultural hybridity, and minority discourse.
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