The Wretched of the Earth (Penguin Modern Classics)

The ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza made me read this, and boy I was struck! Very relevant

classic, beautifully written and expressive of oppressed peoples perspectives

Bought as a gift so unsure.

I enjoyed the discussion of politics in pre-independent colonies and also after independence which was in the second chapter.Translation from the French does affect readability. The translation is a bit clunky in places eg “ Before negotiations have been set on foot” (page 49).

A powerful and important book that is required reading for anyone who wants to reflect on how empire, colonialism and power have shaped the world.

It's not an easy read, but nothing worth reading is!Fanon uses incredibly poetic language in describing the position of the colonised and his disgust for the oppressor. He offers great insight to the condition of the colonised person, and how it seeps into every part of your life.I have quoted Fanon in many of my academic essays, and I can imagine that the more you read this book, the more in unveils and reveals dependent on the situation of 'today'.

It seems some things keeps on evolving with very little changes in humanity. After many years of this book being put together the title is so profound in the 21st century crisis.

Nice read

This book by Frantz Fanon is relevant today. The context of the book is Algeria and French colonialism, so it is interesting for anyone studying French colonialism in Algeria. However, the lessons are timeless.Many countries suffered from colonialism and continue to struggle to find their national character in the post-colonial world.Franz Fanton's writing, while balanced, conceals deep anger. There is anger he directs at the colonialists and towards native people who copy the colonialists and exploit their fellow citizens.The last chapter, in which he talks about some of the mental problems arising from colonialism, is powerful.The conclusion calls for his citizens to find themselves and not copy their old masters.This book is brilliant and relevant today.

Condenados da Terra é leitura obrigatória

Fanon is someone who needs more credit for his fantastic books.

This is an important book and is fascinating so far. However, it is physically very difficult to read, and would be impossible for those with even somewhat poor eyesight, let alone those with accessibility needs. The entire file is like a PDF, with no option to change the text size or the page magnification. On my Kindle, it's so tiny that it's unusable.Fortunately, I have a large computer monitor, where if I use the Kindle app in fullscreen I can show this book at a size that is _just barely_ readable. There's no way to zoom in and then scroll through the pages -- you have to view an entire page at once (including a huge amount of frustratingly random white space at the bottom of the page). Attempting to change the font size, page margins, and so on does nothing except sometimes add white space alongside the same tiny block of text.This is really disappointing. One of the benefits of ebooks is the accessibility advantages of being able to change the magnification, font, etc. Frantz Fanon is a seminal 20th-century author, so I really hope that the technical issues with this book are resolved so that more people can access his work.

This book is excellently WRITTEN in extremely lucid language. It's actual content is nothing you don't already know as an Indian, but to have Mr. Fanon articulate it so eloquently helps to reduce the load that we all bear. The chapter at the end about mental disease was an eye opener though, because no one can imagine that westerners' actions could be so shocking! Notably, Mr. Fanon doesn't really attempt to offer any SOLUTION to anything (barring a little here and there), but rather just offers a mirror to the inhabitant of a colonized society. It would have been much better if he had. I also have to disagree with his finding that a bourgeoisie in such a society ought not to be allowed to form, because then who is there to take the battle to the boardroom of the colonial power? (I am a member of such a bourgeoisie myself)On the whole this book should be read by all members of a society like ours, specifically so that they can come up with the solutions that Mr. Fanon didn't give them.