The Wretched of the Earth

Received in good condition.

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.

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

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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.