{"product_id":"natives-of-my-person-a-novel-by-george-lamming","title":"Natives of My Person: A Novel by George Lamming","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKnopf:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ui fluid container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tad-over-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"title-detail-tab-line\" class=\"ui container tm-max-width\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tad-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tad-about-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Lamming—one of the Caribbean’s most powerful literary voices, championed by Richard Wright and Jean-Paul Sartre—reimagines the age of European exploration in a work that stands as one of the great political novels of the twentieth century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eUnder imperial orders, a nameless Commandant sets sail sometime between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, bound for the legendary island of San Cristobal—a place whispered about in maps and myths, promised as a prize of empire. The voyage is meant to secure glory and dominion. Instead, it begins to unravel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs weeks at sea stretch into obsession, the expedition becomes a dangerous test of authority and belief. The Commandant’s power is absolute yet increasingly fragile; his crew is caught between obedience and doubt. What begins as a mission of discovery turns into a voyage haunted by fear, desire, and the unspoken violence at the heart of conquest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold through shifting perspectives and charged with poetic intensity,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNatives of My Person\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eplunges readers inside the imperial imagination at the moment it begins to crack. George Lamming transforms the historical voyage into a gripping psychological drama—one that exposes the ambitions, illusions, and brutal consequences of empire. Urgent, unsettling, and fiercely original,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNatives of My Person\u003c\/i\u003e, Lamming’s masterpiece, reveals how conquest reshapes not only the world, but the minds that seek to rule it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“George Lamming is not so much a novelist as a chronicler of secret journeys to the innermost regions of the West Indian psyche. . . an uninhibited journey to the heart of the colonizer.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ui fluid container bg-subfooter hide-in-print py-3\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ui container p-4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-flex flex-row justify-content-center\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-flex flex-column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-5\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pb-1 mb-1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Dotters Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52789674017061,"sku":"9780385552202","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2167\/5269\/files\/9780385552202.jpg?v=1784144417","url":"https:\/\/dottersbooks.com\/products\/natives-of-my-person-a-novel-by-george-lamming","provider":"Dotters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}