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Small Island

Small Island

Author(s): Andrea Levy

Location(s): London

Genre(s): Fiction, Historical

Era(s): 1948

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Queenie Bligh has given up waiting for her husband Bernard to come back from his service in the Second World War, and to make ends meet has let rooms in her house out to immigrants from Jamaica, among them Gilbert Joseph and his wife Hortense. The reader is treated to beautiful prose as Levy explores the earlier lives of the four characters. This novel has been accorded several prizes, including the Orange Prize.

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Author: Isabella Orff

Small Island: The author deals with complicated race – class issues in an adept way. The style makes it and easy and enjoyable read. It has a really British feel to and would recommend it.

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