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Small Island

"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."

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  • "Small island"
  • "Small island"@it

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  • ""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.""@en
  • "Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction, as well as many other awards, Andrea Levy's SMALL ISLAND is a delicately wrought and profoundly moving novel of empire, prejudice, war and love. It has now been adapted into a major BBC TV drama. It is 1948, and England is recovering from a war. But at 21 Nevern Street, London, the conflict has only just begun. Queenie Bligh's neighbours do not approve when she agrees to take in Jamaican lodgers, but Queenie doesn't know when her husband will return, or if he will come back at all. What else can she do? Gilbert Joseph was one of the several thousand Jamaican men who joined the RAF to fight against Hitler. Returning to England as a civilian he finds himself treated very differently. It's desperation that makes him remember a wartime friendship with Queenie and knock at her door. Gilbert's wife Hortense, too, had longed to leave Jamaica and start a better life in England."
  • "Als der Jamaikaner Gilbert Joseph nach dem Krieg nach London zurückkehrt, stellt er fest, dass er ohne die Royal Air Force-Uniform als Farbiger nur noch ein Mensch zweiter Klasse ist. Er mietet sich ein schäbiges Zimmer. Doch als seine Frau mit einem Koffer voller eleganter Kleider in London ankommt, ist sie voll Verachtung für ihren Mann, der in solch ärmlichen Verhältnissen lebt."
  • "Gilbert and Hortense, black Jamaicans, find London racially charged in 1948."
  • "Gilbert and Hortense, black Jamaicans, find London racially charged in 1948."@en
  • "In 1948, four very different Britons are thrown together in a central-London terrace. Queenie Bligh, an unremarkable working-class woman, is awaiting the return from war service of her husband Bernard. In the meantime, she takes as a boarder a black Jamaican man who was briefly billeted to her house during the war. Then Gilbert's new bride, the prim and proud Hortense, turns up from Jamaica bearing misapprehension about English life and the place of a black woman in it. Then there's the long-awaited return of Queenie's husband, Bernard, who is racist, and somewhat war-damaged. Hortense discovers that her status is the same as that of any other black migrant. The revelation almost destroys her self-esteem, but it also sets her on a path to self-discovery. She ends by beginning to understand Gilbert's strength, Queenie's kindness and the sympathies she shares with them."
  • "It is 1948, and England is recovering from a war. But at 21 Nevern Street, London, the conflict has only just begun. Queenie Bligh's neighbours do not approve when she agrees to take in Jamaican lodgers, but Queenie doesn't know when her husband will return, or if he will come back at all. What else can she do? Gilbert Joseph was one of the several thousand Jamaican men who joined the RAF to fight against Hitler. Returning to England as a civilian he finds himself treated very differently. It's desperation that makes him remember a wartime friendship with Queenie and knock at her door. Gilbert's wife Hortense, too, had longed to leave Jamaica and start a better life in England. But when she joins him she is shocked to find London shabby, decrepit, and far from the golden city of her dreams. Even Gilbert is not the man she thought he was."
  • "Returning to England after the war Gilbert Joseph is treated very differently now that he is no longer in an RAF uniform. Joined by his wife Hortense, he rekindles a friendship with Queenie who takes in Jamaican lodgers. Can their dreams of a better life in England overcome the prejudice they face?"@en
  • "It is 1948, and England is recovering from a war. But at 21 Nevern Street, London, the conflict has only just begun."
  • ""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 recieved as a hero, but finds his status as a black man in Britain to be second class. His white landlady, Queenie, raised as a farmers daughter, befriends Gilbert, and later Hortense, with innocence and courage, untill the unexpected arrival of her husband, Bernard, who returns from combat with issues of his own to resolve." From the bookjacket."@en
  • "It is 1948 in an England that is still shaken by war. At 21 Nevern Street, London, Queenie Bligh takes into her house lodgers who have recently arrived from Jamaica. She feels she has no choice. Her husband, Bernard, whom she married to escape her dreary upbringing on a farm in the Midlands, was posted to India with the RAF during the war, but when the conflict was over he did not return. What else could she do?" "Among her tenants are Gilbert and his new wife Hortense. Gilbert Joseph was one of the serveral thousand Jamaican men who joined the RAF to fight against Hitler. Returning to England after the war he finds himself treated very differently now that his is no longer in a blue uniform. It is desperation that makes him remember a wartime friendship with Queenie and knock at her door." "Hortense shared Gilbert's dream of leaving Jamaica and coming to England to start a better life - that's why she married him. But when she at last joins her husband, she is shocked by London's shabbiness and horrified at the way the English live. Even Gilbert is not the man she thought he was." "Queenie's neighbors do not approve of her choice of tenants, and neither would her husband, were he there. England may be recovering from a war but at 21 Nevern Street it has only just begun."

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  • "Powieść angielska"
  • "General"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"@es
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Drama"
  • "Electronic books"@en

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  • "Mal ostrov"
  • "En lille ø"@da
  • "Small Island"@en
  • "Small Island"
  • "小岛"
  • "Malo ostrvo"
  • "Xiao dao / Small island / Andrea Levey"
  • "小島 / Small island / Andrea Levey"
  • "Klein eiland"
  • "Xiao dao"
  • "Hortense et Queenie"
  • "Eine englische Art von Glück : Roman"
  • "小島"
  • "Un'isola di stranieri"
  • "Small island"
  • "Small island"@en
  • "Un'isola di stranieri"@it
  • "Hortense et Queenie : roman"
  • "Pequeña isla"
  • "Pequeña isla"@es
  • "Small island [sound recording]"
  • "Small island [Small Island Read 2007 edition]"@en
  • "ʼIy ḳaṭan"
  • "I ḳaṭan"
  • "Small island / y Andrea Levy"@en
  • "Mali otok"
  • "Mali otok"@sl
  • "Wysepka"
  • "Eine englische Art von Glück Roman"
  • "Petita illa"

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