Seasons of Adventure

by George Lamming

Book Overview

First published in 1960, "Season of Adventure" details the story of Fola, a light-skinned middle-class girl who has been tipped out of her easy hammock of social privilege into the complex political and cultural world of her recently independent homeland, the Caribbean island of San Cristobal. After attending a ceremony of the souls to raise the dead, she is carried off by the unrelenting accompaniment of steel drums onto a mysterious journey in search...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0850312914
• ISBN13: 9780850312911
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Allison & Busby Ltd
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.5" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

One of the most influential books of my life!

Provides a powerful and insightful analysis on racism and colonization. Through his characters, Lamming paints a clear picture that allows us to see how racism not only affects its victims, but how it is also perpetuated by its victims. This book explains how and why "sellouts," "Uncle Toms" and "Tio Tacos" exist.