Showing posts with label immigrant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label immigrant. Show all posts
Sunday, January 3, 2021

Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman

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Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman is a deeply disturbing book. This scenario that unfolds around the life of its principal character and narr...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Families in Conflict - Brixton Beach by Roma Tearne

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Brixton Beach by Roma Tearne presents a vast project. Its story crosses the globe, beginning in Sri Lanka and ending in Britain. Great event...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Temporary residents - a review of Waxwings by Jonathan Raban

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Waxwings by Jonathan Raban succeeds at every level. It’s one of the best novels I have ever read. Its apparent simplicity continually reveal...
Wednesday, March 31, 2010

The Road Home by Rose Tremain

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I approached Rose Tremain’s The Road Home expecting a vivid story drawn on a life of struggle, whose central character might grapple with li...

City Of Spades by Colin MacInnes

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Colin MacInnes wrote City Of Spades over fifty years ago. At the time its depiction of London from an African immigrant’s point of view both...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008

A Walk Up Fifth Avenue by Bernard Levin

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Bernard Levin begins A Walk Up Fifth Avenue with three quotations from descriptions of New York City. These date from 1916, 1929 and 1949 an...
Saturday, July 14, 2007

A review of Arthur and George by Julian Barnes

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George Edalji (that’s Ay-dal-ji, by the way, since Parsee names are always stressed on the first syllable) is the son of a Staffordshire vic...