Synopsis
Moses thinks he's got it made. Originally a poor Caribbean immigrant, he is now the proud landlord of a ramshackle house in Shepherd's Bush, London. He has visions of being master of his own domain, writing memoirs while his trusty sidekick and handyman, Bob, does all the work.But Moses's problems are far from over.... Soon a Black Power group take over the basement, headed by inodmitable - but very sexy - Brenda and an illegal people-smuggling ring is discovered upstairs. Not to mention harrassment by racist police, sheep slaughtering in the back yard and a Black Panther (human kind) on the loose.Will Moses' elaborately constructed castle in the air be demolished by these unruly forces?Following the fortunes of the characters from Selvon's The Lonely Londoners, Moses Ascending is a hilarious and telling depiction of 1970s Britain.
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About the Author
Sam Selvon was born in San Fernando, Trinidad in 1923. In 1950 Selvon left Trinidad for the UK where after hard times of survival he established himself as a writer with A Brighter Sun (1952), An Island is a World (1955), The Lonely Londoners (1956), Ways of Sunlight (1957), Turn Again Tiger (1958), I Hear Thunder (1963), The Housing Lark (1965), The Plains of Caroni (1970), Those Who Eat the Cascadura (1972), Moses Ascending (1975) and Moses Migrating (1983). Hari Kunzru was born in 1969. He published his first novel, The Impressionist in 2002. His second novel, Transmission appeared in 2004 and in 2005 he published Noise, a short story collection. In 2003, Hari Kunzru was named by Granta magazine as one of twenty 'Best of Young British Novelists'. He lives in London.
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Moses Ascending
Published by
David-Poynter, London, 1975
ISBN 10: 0706701887
ISBN 13: 9780706701883
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First Edition
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. London: David-Poynter, 1975. First Edition. Octavo. 149pp. Printed dust jacket. Black cloth stamped in gilt. Light wear and creasing to unclipped dust jacket; general rubbing. Boards edgeworn with some bumping; binding sound. Extensive underlining, highlighting, and dog-earing of pages by either Professor Roberto Marquez of University of Massachusetts Amherst or Howard Winn of the University of Guyana, both of whom have left their ownership inscriptions to the endpapers. A Very Good copy of this mid-career work of Selvon's, following the protagonist of "Lonely Londoners" as he navigates being landlord to a Black Power group, sheltering Pakistani immigrants, and figuring out his role in British society as a black immigrant. Seller Inventory # 33460