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Small Island is a novel written by British author Andrea Levy. The Novel, published in 2004, tells the story of post-war Caribbean migration through four narrators – Hortense and Gilbert, who migrate from Jamaica to London in 1948, and the English couple, Queenie and Bernard, in whose house in London Hortense and Gilbert find lodgings.
- UK
- Andrea Levy
- 2004
- Headline Review
Mar 30, 2010 · An international bestseller. Andrea Levy's Small Island won the Orange Prize for Fiction, The Orange Prize for Fiction: Best of the Best, The Whitbread Novel Award, The Whitbread Book of the Year Award, and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. Hortense Joseph arrives in London from Jamaica in 1948 with her life in her suitcase, her heart broken ...
- Andrea Levy
- $9.99
- Picador USA
Jan 1, 2004 · Small Island is the fourth novel of the British author Andrea Levy, portray the life of the Jamaican immigrants in England after WW2, and their struggle to establish new life in a society of white majority. a story of post war migration, narrated from four different perspectives - two white and black couples.
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- 2004
- Andrea Levy
- Paperback
A novel about the lives of three women who face different challenges and choices in post-war England. Queenie, a Jamaican-born butcher's wife, Hortense, a Jamaican-born teacher, and Celia, a British-born teacher, each have their own stories of love, loss, and survival. The novel explores themes of racism, war, and culture through their experiences and perspectives.
Apr 1, 2010 · Small Island won both the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction: Best of the Best. Selling over a million copies worldwide, Small Island was also adapted for the small screen in a critically acclaimed series that aired on BBC and will debut on PBS’s Masterpiece Classic on April 18 and 25, 2010.
Apr 1, 2005 · 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. Print length. 441 pages. Language.
Small Island won both the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction: Best of the Best. Selling over a million copies worldwide, Small Island was also adapted for the small screen in a critically acclaimed series that aired on BBC and will debut on PBS’s Masterpiece Classic on April 18 and 25, 2010.
- Andrea Levy
