Beyond A Boundary
Beyond A Boundary
paperback
Published:
2 May, 2019
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Description
'To say "the best cricket book ever written" is piffingly inadequate praise' Guardian
'Great claims have been made for [Beyond a Boundary] since its first appearance in 1963: that it is the greatest sports book ever written; that it brings the outsider a privileged insight into West Indian culture; that it is a severe examination of the colonial condition. All are true' Sunday Times
C L R James, one of the foremost thinkers of the twentieth century, was devoted to the game of cricket. In this classic summation of half a lifetime spent playing, watching and writing about the sport, he recounts the story of his overriding passion and tells us of the players whom he knew and loved, exploring the game's psychology and aesthetics, and the issues of class, race and politics that surround it.
Part memoir of a West Indian boyhood, part passionate celebration and defence of cricket as an art form, part indictment of colonialism, Beyond a Boundary addresses not just a sport but a whole culture and asks the question, 'What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781784875398 |
| ISBN10 | 1784875392 |
| Number Of Pages | 368 |
| Item Weight | 267 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 197 x 23 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Vintage Publishing |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
One of the finest and most finished books to come out of the West Indies * V. S. Naipaul *
One of the greatest books about sport, which means it is both about much more than sport – with James, who was born in Trinidad in 1901, writing about empire and immigration * i, *Christmas Guide Guide 2025* *
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Author's Bio
C L R James, historian, novelist, cultural critic and political activist, was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad in 1901. In 1932 he joined his friend Learie Constantine in Britain, where he became cricket correspondent of the Manchester Guardian. A central figure in the Pan-African movement and the struggle for colonial emancipation, he returned to Trinidad in 1958 in its run-up to independence. He later went back to London, where he died in 1989.