In one of these intensely imaginative stories a young woman's furniture walks out on her. As with her novels, these stories are at once moving and honest, deft and humane, filled with insight, anger at injustice and her trademark lightness of touch.Ī short-story collection from one of America's brightest young talents. She explains the context of each piece within the chronology of her career and finishes with a new story, written to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War in 1914. And her unique voice, unflinching but filled with humour, compassion and wisdom, has made her one of the most significant and exciting contemporary authors.This collection opens with an essay about how writing has helped Andrea Levy to explore and understand her heritage. From Jamaican slave society in the nineteenth century, through post-war immigration into Britain, to the children of migrants growing up in '60s London, her books are acclaimed for skilful storytelling and vivid characters. "They're about people and history." Her novels have triumphantly given voice to the people and stories that might have slipped through the cracks in history. unanimement célébré par la critique et le public.Īndrea Levy, author of the Man Booker shortlisted novel THE LONG SONG and the prize-winning, million-copy bestseller SMALL ISLAND, draws together a remarkable collection of short stories from across her writing career, which began twenty years ago with the publication of her first novel, the semi-autobiographical EVERY LIGHT IN THE HOUSE BURNIN'."None of my books is just about race," Levy has said. un grand roman, couronné de nombreux prix. en évoquant la rencontre et le métissage des cultures, elle pose avec intelligence la question de l'intégration. andrea levy tisse avec une grande finesse d'observation un roman à quatre voix, teinté d'humour et d'émotion, pétri d'exotisme et d'humanité. sa jeune femme, hortense, a toujours rêvé de vivre en angleterre, mais la mère patrie ne correspond pas à ce qu'elle imaginait à l'ombre des manguiers. déterminé à rester à londres, il subit bon gré mal gré le racisme ordinaire.
gilbert joseph vient lui aussi de faire la guerre sous le drapeau de l'empire et l'uniforme bleu de la raf. pour survivre, queenie est contrainte de prendre des locataires, dont un couple de jamaïquains, gilbert et hortense. son mari, bernard, n'est pas rentré des indes, où il servait dans la royal air force. au 21 nevern street vit queenie bligh, une belle femme de tempérament, élevée à la dure dans les midlands. l'angleterre est encore secouée par la guerre.
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