{"product_id":"9780241535394","title":"Return to My Native Land","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Cesaire, Aime \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eMartinique\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 13 June 2024 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Penguin Modern Classics' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 96 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 197 x 11 | 78g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The undisputed masterpiece of négritude and a poetic milestone of anti-colonialism' Guardian'We shall speak. We shall sing. We shall shout.'This blazing autobiographical poem by the founder of the négritude movement became a rallying cry for decolonisation when it appeared in 1939. Following one man's return from Europe to his homeland of Martinique, it is a reckoning with the trauma of slavery and exploitation, and a triumphant anthem for Black identity, one which reclaims and remakes language itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Nothing less than the greatest lyrical monument of this time' André Breton'A Césaire poem explodes and whirls about itself like a rocket, suns burst forth whirling and exploding' Jean-Paul Sartre'The most influential Francophone Caribbean writer of his generation' IndependentTranslated by John Berger and Anna Bostock\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100442476803,"sku":"9780241535394","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9780241535394.jpg?v=1755507802","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.live\/products\/9780241535394","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}