. When Reggie leaves her, she thinks things canβt possibly get worse, until she receives the call that her estranged mother has died. Suddenly, sheβs catapulted into contact with the family she hasnβt seen in nearly twenty years. After her motherβs funeral, London discovers a letter she wrote to he
Migrant modernism: postwar London and the West Indian novel
β Scribed by Brown, J. Dillon;
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 203 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
At the scene of the time: postwar London -- "Child of ferment": Edgar Mittelholzer's contrary tradition -- Engaging the reader: the difficulties of George Lamming -- A commoner cosmopolitanism: Sam Selvon's literary forms -- The lyrical enchantments of Roger Mais -- Coda: Kamau Brathwaite, Wilson Harris, and V.S. Naipaul's Caribbean voice.
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