Winner of the 2004 Orange Prize for Fiction A Picador Original Trade Paperback Hortense Joseph arrives in London from Jamaica in 1948 with her life in her suitcase, her heart broken, her resolve intact. Her husband, Gilbert Joseph, returns from the war expecting to be received as a hero, but finds his status as a black man in Britain to be second class. His white landlady, Quee...
Winner of the 2004 Orange Prize for Fiction A Picador Original Trade Paperback Hortense Joseph arrives in London from Jamaica in 1948 with her life in her suitcase, her heart broken, her resolve intact. Her husband, Gilbert Joseph, returns from the war expecting to be received as a hero, but finds his status as a black man in Britain to be second class. His white landlady, Queenie, raised as a farmer's daughter, befriends Gilbert, and later Hortense, with innocence and courage, until the unexpected arrival of her husband, Bernard, who returns from combat with issues of his own to resolve. 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.
Andrea Levy was an English novelist, born in London to Jamaican parents. Her novels chronicled the experiences of the post-World War II generation of Jamaican immigrants in Britain. She was one of the first black British authors to achieve both critical and commercial success. Her novel Small Island won several major literary prizes: the Orange Prize for women's fiction, the Co...
Andrea Levy was an English novelist, born in London to Jamaican parents. Her novels chronicled the experiences of the post-World War II generation of Jamaican immigrants in Britain. She was one of the first black British authors to achieve both critical and commercial success. Her novel Small Island won several major literary prizes: the Orange Prize for women's fiction, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Whitbread Book of the Year award.
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0 有用 Alethia 2016-07-24 06:28:32
Not worth the time. Really bad writing and too much cliche.
0 有用 一样的耳朵 2021-04-12 11:12:09
看了两遍NT Live的剧，决定看看原著/果然比剧更好看，有剧里删减的重要细节，每个人物都更动人了，就连没有内心独白加持的Arthur也让人想拥抱一下/序章里写道Queenie在小时候参观展览会，看到了第一个黑人，彬彬有礼风度翩翩，大家猜是一个部落王子，这埋下了她成年后对黑人的友善和好感，Bernard在印度战场上看到当地人如蝼蚁般生活，因语言不通而多有猜测怀疑，更加深了他对有色人种的偏见/Art... 看了两遍NT Live的剧，决定看看原著/果然比剧更好看，有剧里删减的重要细节，每个人物都更动人了，就连没有内心独白加持的Arthur也让人想拥抱一下/序章里写道Queenie在小时候参观展览会，看到了第一个黑人，彬彬有礼风度翩翩，大家猜是一个部落王子，这埋下了她成年后对黑人的友善和好感，Bernard在印度战场上看到当地人如蝼蚁般生活，因语言不通而多有猜测怀疑，更加深了他对有色人种的偏见/Arthur唯一开口说的一句话（竟然有BBC的时髦口音），Gilbert对Motherland的深情描述，Queenie想让胎儿流产又不忍心，Bernard在军营里被视为怪人，对宽厚的Maxi的友情/非常戏剧性，常常读到流泪，又常常笑出声，给我极大快乐的一本书 (展开)
0 有用 冰火boy手牵手 2017-06-26 17:21:20
通俗小说水平，套路太明显，佳作不应该有生硬的转折。
0 有用 闻到 2016-01-31 02:09:29
I really enjoyed it and got to know more about Jamaica.
0 有用 Y丫Y 2021-12-12 21:43:15
Interesting storytelling technique, like how the 4 narratives intertwine together. Only problem is that it’s way too long 🤧