The Wretched of the Earth Katharina Ruckstuhl Consumed by the idea of

Consumed by the idea of his own special destiny

Shiori knows at heart that she’s a troubadour

She buys him a red suitcase

Their names are iconic: Eugene O’Neill

burdened by his family’s sadness

The Wretched of the Earth Katharina Ruckstuhl Consumed by the idea ofFrantz Fanon's seminal work on the trauma of colonization made him the leading anti colonialist thinker of the twentieth century. Written at the height of the Algerian war for independence from French colonial rule and first published in 1961, it analyses the role of class, race, national culture and violence in the struggle for freedom. Fanon, himself a psychotherapist, makes clear the economic and psychological degradation inflicted by imperialism.