Small Island

Type

Book

Authors

Levy, Andrea

ISBN 10

0755307496

ISBN 13

9780755307494

Tags

Literary, Jamaicans, England--London, Immigrants, Racism, Social conditions

Abstract

In 1948, four very different Britons are thrown together in a central-London terrace. Queenie Bligh, an unremarkable working-class woman, is awaiting the return from war service of her husband Bernard. In the meantime, she takes as a boarder a black Jamaican man who was briefly billeted to her house during the war. Then Gilbert's new bride, the prim and proud Hortense, turns up from Jamaica bearing misapprehension about English life and the place of a black woman in it. Then there's the long-awaited return of Queenie's husband, Bernard, who is racist, and somewhat war-damaged. Hortense discovers that her status is the same as that of any other black migrant. The revelation almost destroys her self-esteem, but it also sets her on a path to self-discovery. She ends by beginning to understand Gilbert's strength, Queenie's kindness and the sympathies she shares with them.

Description

The multi-award-winning, million copy bestseller... 'the literary equivalent of a switch-back ride' - Sunday Times

Biblio Notes

Genre/Form: Belletristische Darstellung
Domestic fiction
Fiction
Historical fiction
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Levy, Andrea, 1956-2019.
Small island.
London : Review, 2004
(OCoLC)1036855542
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Andrea Levy
ISBN: 0755307496 9780755307494 0755307518 9780755307517 0755325656 9780755325658 9780755307500 075530750X
OCLC Number: 53393222
Awards: Orange Prize for Fiction, 2004.
Whitbread Book of the Year, 2004.
Description: 441 pages ; 21 cm
Responsibility: Andrea Levy.

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