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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Selvon, Samuel.     Subjects     Immigrants -- England -- London -- Fiction.     Race relations -- England -- London -- Fiction.     West Indians -- England -- Fiction.     Trinidadians -- England -- Fiction.     Race relations -- Fiction.     Male immigrants -- Fiction.     Nineteen fifties -- Fiction.     London (England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Selvon, Samuel.       by title:      The lonely Londoners...       by call number:      FICTION SEL     Search the Web     Selvon, Samuel.     Immigrants -- England -- London -- Fiction.     Race relations -- England -- London -- Fiction.     West Indians -- England -- Fiction.     Trinidadians -- England -- Fiction.     Race relations -- Fiction.     Male immigrants -- Fiction.     Nineteen fifties -- Fiction.     London (England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction.       MARC Display

The lonely Londoners / Sam Selvon ; with an introduction by Susheila Nasta. by Selvon, Samuel. Penguin, 2006, c1956. Call #: FICTION SEL Subjects Immigrants -- England -- London -- Fiction.   Race relations -- England -- London -- Fiction.   West Indians -- England -- Fiction.   Trinidadians -- England -- Fiction.   Race relations -- Fiction.   Male immigrants -- Fiction.   Nineteen fifties -- Fiction.   London (England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction. ISBN:  9780141188416 (trade pbk.) 0141188413 (trade pbk.) Edition:  New ed. / introduction by Susheila Nasta. Description:  xvii, 138 p. ; 20 cm. Notes:  Originally published: London: Wingate, 1956. Summary:  Novel focuses on poor, working-class blacks in the beat writer tradition following the enactment of the British Nationality Act 1948. The book details the life of West Indians in post-World War II London, a city the immigrants consider the "centre of the world." Covering a period of roughly three years, it has no plot in the usual sense of the term. Rather, the novel follows a limited number of characters of the "Windrush generation", all of them "coloureds", through their daily lives in the capital. The various threads of action form a whole through the unifying central character of Trinidadian Moses Aloetta, a veteran emigré who, after more than ten years in London, has still not achieved anything of note and whose homesickness increases as he gets older. Every Sunday morning "the boys", many a recent arrival among them, come together in his rented room to trade stories and inquire after those whom they have not seen for a while. Not surprisingly, their lives mainly consist of work (or looking for a job) and various petty pleasures. Dating young white women is at the top of the list, as is hanging around prostitutes (street prostitution was legal in London until 1959). Genre:  Social commentary fiction. Black fiction. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Central Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION SEL Adult books Checked out Jul 15, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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