The housing lark
(Book)
Author
Published
[New York] : Penguin Books, 2020.
Status
Central - Adult Fiction
F SELVO
1 available
F SELVO
1 available
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Published
[New York] : Penguin Books, 2020.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xxx, 125 pages ; 20 cm.
Street Date
2001
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"First published in Great Britain by MacGibbon & Kee, London, 1965"--Title page verso.
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 a racist and predatory rental market, the friends scheme, often comically, to find a literal and figurative place of their own. Will these motley folks, male and female, Black and Indian, from Trinidad and Jamaica, dreamers, hustlers, and artists, be able to achieve this milestone of upward mobility? Unique and wonderful, comic and serious, cynical and tenderhearted, The Housing Lark poses the question of whether their "lark," or quixotic idea of finding a home, can ever become a reality. Kittitian-British novelist and playwright Caryl Phillips contributes a foreword, while postcolonial literature scholar Dohra Ahmad provides a contextual introduction"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Selvon, S. (2020). The housing lark . Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Selvon, Samuel. 2020. The Housing Lark. Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Selvon, Samuel. The Housing Lark Penguin Books, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Selvon, Samuel. The Housing Lark Penguin Books, 2020.
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