Selvon, Sam
The Housing Lark (Penguin Modern Classics)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780241441329
- author:
- Selvon, Sam
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Penguin Classics
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 144
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 x 0.8 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Battersby's dream of owning a home is a serious business. He and his friends have a plan to save up and buy a house together, but the reality of life in London is about to throw them a curveball.
As they navigate the challenges of finding a place to call their own, they must also contend with grasping landlords, the temptations of spending money, and the less-than-welcoming attitude of the Mother Country. Can this motley group of hustlers and schemers, made up of Trinidadians and Jamaicans, men and women, make their dreams a reality?
Sam Selvon's meticulously observed narrative of life in post-war London created a template for how to write about migrant and postmigrant London, influencing countless writers who followed in his wake.
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