"Césaire’s Tempest, in translation by Richard Miller, is a sprightly and song-filled enchantment. The luminous intelligence of Mr. Césaire’s meditation on the absurdities of colonialism shines through the antics of the bewildered characters.” New York TimesCésaire’s rich and insightful adaptation of The Tempest draws on contemporary Caribbean society, the African-American experience and African mythology to raise questions about colo ..."
"French-English bilingual edition. Andre Breton called Cesaire's Cahier 'nothing less than the greatest lyrical monument of this time'. It is a seminal text in Surrealist, French and Black literatures - published in full in English for the first time in Bloodaxe's bilingual Contemporary French Poets series. Aime Cesaire (1913-2008) was born in in Basse-Pointe, a village on the north coast of Martinique, a former French colony in the Cari ..."
"A troupe of black actors perform their own Tempest. The play explores the political and cultural conflicts opposing the white master, Prospero, his mulatto servant, Ariel, and the black slave Caliban. Csaire's rich and insightful adaptation draws on contemporary Caribbean society, the Afro-American experience and African mythology to raise questions about colonialism, racism, and their lasting effects. From Martinique. 3 acts. 4f, 14m."
"... de l'assiette de son souffle dénudé le fruit coupé de la lune toujours en allée
vers le contour à inventer de l'autre moitié et ... trembler et quand d'aucuns
chantent Noël revenu de songer aux astres égarés voici le jour le plus court de l'
année ..."
""Césaire's essay stands as an important document in the development of third world consciousness--a process in which [he] played a prominent role." --Library Journal This classic work, first published in France in 1955, profoundly influenced the generation of scholars and activists at the forefront of liberation struggles in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Nearly twenty years later, when published for the first time in Englis ..."
"De tous les écrivains antillais, Césaire est, en Afrique noire, le plus connu et surtout le plus aimé, celui dont le génie a marqué le plus profondément et marquera le plus durablement les consciences. Dans le Cahier d'un retour au pays natal comme dans toute l'oeuvre poétique de Césaire, l'Africain retrouve en effet sont histoire d'horreur et de sang, son angoisse et son espoir, son puissant rêve de liberté..."