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Small Island

By Andrea Levy

Small Island Contemporary literature

Small Island

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Winner of the 2004 Orange Prize for Fiction A Picador Original Trade Paperback Hortense Joseph arrives in London from Jamaica in 1948 with her life in her suitcase, her heart broken, her resolve intact. Her husband, Gilbert Joseph, returns from the war expecting to be received as a hero, but finds his status as a black man in Britain to be second class. His white landlady, Queenie, raised as a farmer's daughter, befriends Gilbert, and later Hortense, with innocence and courage, until the unexpected arrival of her husband, Bernard, who returns from combat with issues of his own to resolve. Told in these four voices, "Small Island "is a courageous novel of tender emotion and sparkling wit, of crossings taken and passages lost, of shattering compassion and of reckless optimism in the face of insurmountable barriers---in short, an encapsulation of that most American of experiences: the immigrant's life. Born in 1956 to Jamaican parents, Andrea Levy is the author of three previous novels and has received a British Arts Council Writers Award in addition to the Orange Prize and Whitbread distinctions. She lives and works in London.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
533
Release Date:
2009-09-17
Publication Date:
2009-09-17
Publisher:
Headline
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
075530750X
ISBN13:
9780755307500
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
385 g
Height:
130 cm
Width:
200 cm
Thickness:
42 cm
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