Journal of a Homecoming / Cahier D'un Retour Au Pays Natal

Originally published in 1939, AimÉ CÉsaire's Cahier d'un retour au pays natal is a landmark of modern French poetry and a founding text of the NÉgritude movement. This bilingual edition features a new authoritative translation, revised introduction, and extensive commentary, making it a magisterial edition of CÉsaire's surrealist masterpiece.

Hersteller:	Mare Nostrum Group B.V.
Anschrift:	Doelen 72 NL-4831 GR Breda
Kontakt:	gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk

AimÉ CÉsaire (1913-2008) was a Martinican poet, critic, essayist, playwright, and statesman; a founder of the NÉgritude movement; and one of the most influential Francophone Caribbean intellectuals of the twentieth century.

N. Gregson Davis is Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Research Professor in the Humanities at Duke University.

F. Abiola Irele (1936-2017) was Associate of the Hutchins Center at Harvard University and had previously taught at the University of Ibadan, Ohio State University, Harvard University, and Kwara State University.

"Davis has not merely translated a great work of modernist poetry and an essential document in postcolonial history; he has created a present-day source of timely dissent." - David B. Hobbs (The Nation) "This is the best poem ever written." - Juliana Spahr (Artforum) "This edition is without a doubt destined to become a point of reference for every reader of the book as well as for those who dedicate their research to the work of AimÉ CÉsaire, and well beyond the English-speaking world." (translated from the French) - Giuseppe Sofo (Études Littéraires Africaines) "Unparalleled in mid-20th century French literature. . . ." - Tim Keane (Hyperallergic)