Another Man in the Street

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The powerful and evocative story of a young West Indian man's search for home in 1960s London - by the multi-award-winning author dubbed 'one of the literary giants of our time' (New York Times)<br><br>**A Guardian book to look forward to in 2025**<br>'A masterful stylist writing at the top of his powers' Anthony Joseph<br>'An engrossing, artfully constructed chronicle of lives tragically unfulfilled' Mail on Sunday<br>'A remarkable achievement' Washington Post<br>'A moving, accomplished study of the vulnerabilities carried and concealed by human beings on their journeys throughout the world' Financial Times<br>____________________________________________<br>In the early Sixties, Victor 'Lucky' Johnson arrives in London from St Kitts, with dreams of becoming a journalist. Lucky soon finds work first at an Irish pub in Notting Hill - then as a rent collector for an unscrupulous slum landlord Peter Feldman.<br><br>Shadowing Lucky from his early struggles in London to the present day, Caryl Phillips paints a striking portrait of a flawed but vividly alive man grappling with the lifelong disillusionments of exile - and the uniquely complicated identity of the Windrush generation.<br><br>Another Man in the Street is an unforgettable story of loss, displacement, belonging, and the triumph of Black resilience - epic in scope and yet profoundly intimate; and a radical and timely portrait of immigrant London.<br>___________________________________________________<br>Praise for Caryl Phillips<br>'One of Britain's pre-eminent writers' Guardian<br>'One of the literary giants of our time' New York Times<br>'Phillips is a linguistic and cultural virtuoso' The Times

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781526678638

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

220 x 137 x 28 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC