Small Island
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2009
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978-0-7553-5595-2 (ISBN)
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978-0-7553-5595-2 (ISBN)
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In this delicately wrought and profoundly moving, multi-award winning novel, Andrea Levy handles the weighty themes of empire, prejudice, war and love, with a lightness of touch and a generosity of spirit that challenges and uplifts the reader. It is 1948, and England is recovering from a war. But at 21 Nevern Street. London, the conflict has only just begun. Queenie Bligh's neighbours do not approve when she agrees to take in Jamaican lodgers, but with her husband, Bernard, not back from the war, what else can she do? Gilbert Joseph was one of the several thousand Jamaican men who joined the RAF to fight against Hitler. Returning to England as a civilian he finds himself treated very differently. Gilbert's wife Hortense, too, had longed to leave Jamaica and start a better life in England. But when she joins him she is shocked to find London shabby, decrepit, and far from the city of her dreams. Even Gilbert is not the man she thought he was.
Andrea Levy was born in England to Jamaican parents. Her radio appearances, and readings at literary festivals, bookshops and libraries have helped her to build an enthusiastic following. Andrea is the winner of the 2004 Orange Prize for Fiction.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.9.2009 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 130 x 36 mm |
| Gewicht | 384 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7553-5595-4 / 0755355954 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7553-5595-2 / 9780755355952 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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