Description
A fierce reimagining of Shakespeare’s *The Tempest*, this novel turns the familiar drama of power and dispossession into a Caribbean-centered reckoning with colonial rule. Through a reworking of the Caliban–Prospero myth, it traces how violence, domination, and inherited hierarchies continue to shape lives long after formal empire has ended. Lamming’s narrative probes the impossibility of separating British and Caribbean histories, while also confronting misogyny and the intimate costs of political control. Written in a lyrical, confrontational style characteristic of George Lamming, the book insists on the necessity—and difficulty—of making a decisive break with the colonial past.
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paperback
Longman Caribbean
Published Jan 1, 1973
249 pages
ISBN: 0582786045
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First Published
1971
Language
eng
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