In the Castle of My Skin

by George Lamming

Overview

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 Details

ISBN-13:	9780472064687
Publisher:	University of Michigan Press
Publication date:	01/22/1992
Series:	Ann Arbor Paperbacks
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	344
Sales rank:	457,919
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.50(d)

Editorial Reviews

**** Cited in BCL3. A reprint of the 1970 edition with a new foreword for this edition. A novel of the Black colonial experience. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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