Claude McKay

After seven years of English schooling, Bita Plant has difficulty returning to the primitive life-style of her native Jamaican village

Banana Bottom

Yulande Lindsay

Reading Banana Bottom for the sixth time has only served to cement it as one my absolutely favourite works of fiction. Claude McKay's exploration of the socio-cultural issues that ruled Jamaica during the early 20th century emphasises that much has changed in Jamaica and yet much has remained the same. The story of Bita Plant is the universal one of the individual vs the society: who one truly is in contrast to what is expected. I recommmend this to anyone without reservation.

Banana Bottom

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