The European Tribe
The European Tribe by Caryl Phillips is a richly descriptive narrative published by Vintage on May 2, 2000. This edition spans 144 pages and is presented in English. In this work, Phillips chronicles his journey through modern-day Europe, guided by a moral compass rather than a map, as he seeks personal definition while growing up black in a continent marked by its complex history.
Readers will find Phillips illustrating the scenes and characters he encounters across various locations, including Casablanca, Costa del Sol, Venice, Amsterdam, Oslo, and Moscow. The narrative explores themes of race relations and the inherent loneliness and confusion of long journeys, juxtaposed against the backdrop of a “European Tribe” that grapples with its Eurocentric history. In the afterword of this edition, Phillips revisits his experiences as a young man in Europe, offering fresh insights into the continent’s past and present.
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In this richly descriptive and haunting narrative, Caryl Phillips chronicles a journey through modern-day Europe, his quest guided by a moral compass rather than a map. Seeking personal definition within the parameters of growing up black in Europe, he discovers that the natural loneliness and confusion inherent in long jorneys collides with the bigotry of the “European Tribe”-a global community of whites caught up in an unyielding, Eurocentric history.
Phillips deftly illustrates the scenes and characters he encounters, from Casablanca and Costa del Sol to Venice, Amsterdam, Oslo, and Moscow. He ultimately discovers that “Europe is blinded by her past, and does not understand the high price of her churches, art galleries, and history as the prison from which Europeans speak.”
In the afterword to the Vintage edition, Phillips revisits the Europe he knew as a young man and offers fresh observations.
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