Caribbean
Barbados
Post-colonial
English
Fiction
Set in San Cristobal, a fictional Caribbean island at independence. Fola, a middle-class woman, attends a Vodun ceremony and is transformed, setting off events that culminate in revolution.
Literary Significance
Lamming's most politically ambitious novel; a meditation on the relationship between folk culture and political liberation
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editorial-summarynot primary textSet in San Cristobal, a fictional Caribbean island at independence. Fola, a middle-class woman, attends a Vodun ceremony and is transformed, setting off events that culminate in revolution. Lamming's most politically ambitious novel; a meditation on the relationship between folk culture and political liberation
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