![]() James' observations, abetted by elegant prose, make Beyond a Boundary a delightful read.” - Curtis Walcott, Virgin Islands Daily News It wasn't merely a sport, it mirrored life, the cricket pitch a microcosm of society. After all, James believed cricket had intrinsic value. In it, James ventures far and wide, casting a critical eye on politics, race, culture and class - all through the prism of cricket. It's a coming-of-age tale set in colonial Trinidad in the early 1900s, and yet much more. “Though praised as a cricket narrative, Beyond a Boundary is much more than that. first and foremost an autobiography of a living legend-probably the greatest social theorist of our times." - Manning Marable, Journal of Sport & Social Issues " Beyond a Boundary is a book of remarkable richness and force, which vastly expands our understanding of sports as an element of popular culture in the Western and colonial world." "A work of double reverence-for the resilient, elegant ritualism of cricket and for the black people of the world." his scintillating memoir of his life in cricket, Beyond a Boundary (1963), James devoted some of his finest pages to this theme." "As a player, James the writer was able to see in cricket a metaphor for art and politics, the collective experience providing a focus for group effort and individual performance. Liebling, and Ernest Hemingway." - Derek Walcott, New York Times Book Review should find its place on the team with Izaak Walton, Ivan Turgenev, A. "The great triumph of Beyond a Boundary is its ability to rise above genre and in its very form explore the complex nature of colonial West Indian society."- Caryl Phillips, The New Republic first and foremost an autobiography of a living legend-probably the greatest social theorist of our times."- Manning Marable, Journal of Sport & Social Issues Thompson, author of The Making of the English Working Class He conveys not a rigid doctrine but a delight and curiosity in all the manifestations of life, and the clue to everything lies in his proper appreciation of the game of cricket."- E. "Everything James has done has had the mark of originality, of his own flexible, sensitive, and deeply cultured intelligence. " Beyond a Boundary is a book of remarkable richness and force, which vastly expands our understanding of sports as an element of popular culture in the Western and colonial world."- Mark Naison, The Nation "A work of double reverence-for the resilient, elegant ritualism of cricket and for the black people of the world."- Whitney Balliett, The New Yorker his scintillating memoir of his life in cricket, Beyond a Boundary (1963), James devoted some of his finest pages to this theme."- Edward Said, The Washington Post Liebling, and Ernest Hemingway."- Derek Walcott, The New York Times Book Review Named one of the Top 50 Sports Books of All Time by Sports Illustrated James's classic Beyond a Boundary celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of one of the greatest books on sport and culture ever written. ![]() ![]() Labor and Working-Class History Association.Association for Middle East Women's Studies.Author Resources from University Presses.Journals fulfilled by DUP Journal Services.
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