Every Light in the House Burnin' - Hardcover

Andrea Levy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0747211779 ISBN 13: 9780747211778

Publisher: Headline, 1994

Synopsis

A novel about a Jamaican family living in North London, seen through the eyes of the youngest daughter.

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About the Author

Andrea Levy was born in England to Jamaican parents who came to Britain in 1948. After attending writing workshops when she was in her mid-thirties, Levy began to write the novels that she, as a young woman, had always wanted to read - entertaining novels that reflect the experiences of black Britons, which look at Britain and its changing population and at the intimacies that bind British history with that of the Caribbean. She has written six books, including SMALL ISLAND, which was the unique winner of both the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Whitbread book of the Year, in addition to the Commonwealth Writer's Prize and the Orange Prize 'Best of the Best'. Her most recent novel, THE LONG SONG, won the Walter Scott Prize and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

Review

'An interesting and touching book' * Sunday Telegraph * 'The only disappointment is that after two hundred and fifty pages, it ends' * Literary Review * Andrea Levy is the long awaited birdsong of one born Black and Gifted in Britain. Let her sing and sing and sing * Marsha Hunt * 'Levy's skill and cunning leave the reader shaken' * The Voice * 'Humorous and moving, unflinching and without sentiment' * Independent on Sunday * 'An interesting and touching book' * Daily Telegraph * 'An extremely powerful novel' * TLS * 'Andrea Levy is the long awaited birdsong of one born Black and Gifted in Britain. Let her sing and sing and sing' Marsha Hunt * Marsha Hunt * 'The story is well told, does not dodge complexity and rings true' * The Times *

About this edition

• Publisher: Headline
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0747211779
• ISBN 13: 9780747211778
• Binding: Hardcover