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Return to my Native Land by Aime Cesaire, Peter de Francia, John Berger, Anya Bostock is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Return to my Native Land about?

A work of immense cultural significance and beauty, this long poem became an anthem for the African diaspora and the birth of the Negritude movement. With unusual juxtapositions of object and metaphor, a bouquet of language-play, and deeply resonant rhythms, Césaire considered this work a "break into the forbidden," at once a cry of rebellion and a celebration of black identity.More praise:"The greatest living poet in the French language."--__American Book Review__"Martinique poet Aime Cesaire is one of the few pure surrealists alive today. By this I mean that his work has never compromised its wild universe of double meanings, stretched syntax, and unexpected imagery. This long poem was written at the end of World War II and became an anthem for many blacks around the world. Eshleman and Smith have revised their original 1983 translations and given it additional power by presenting Cesaire's unique voice as testament to a world reduced in size by catastrophic events." --__Bloomsbury Review__ "Through his universal call for the respect of human dignity, consciousness and responsibility, he will remain a symbol of hope for all oppressed peoples." --Nicolas Sarkozy"Evocative and thou

Who reads Return to my Native Land?

Author

Aime Cesaire, Peter de Francia, John Berger, Anya Bostock

Publisher

Archipelago Books

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781935744948

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction, Romance

Rating

4.5 / 5 (23 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14