Samuel Selvon
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Classics, an imprint of Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The Lonely Londoners, an unforgettable account of immigrant experience and one of the great twentieth-century London novels, now in in a stunning Clothbound Classics edition. At Waterloo Station, hopeful new arrivals from the West Indies step off the boat train, ready to start afresh in 1950s London. There, homesick Moses Aloetta, who has already lived in the city for years, meets Henry 'Sir Galahad' Oliver and shows him the ropes. In this strange,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The humorous yet poignant novel of West Indian migrant life in London that adds an iconic voice to the growing Caribbean canon. A Penguin Classic Set in London in the 1960's, when the UK encouraged its Commonwealth citizens to emigrate as a result of the post-war labor shortage, The Housing Lark explores the Caribbean migrant experience in the "Mother Country" by following a group of friends as they attempt to buy a home together. Despite encountering...