Small Island: Winner of the 'best of the best' Orange Prize (Record no. 78698)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780755307500 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | LEV |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| 9 (RLIN) | 1428 |
| Personal name | Andrea Levy |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Small Island: Winner of the 'best of the best' Orange Prize |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | London, United Kingdom |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Headline Publishing Group |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 01 Nov 2005 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 560 pages |
| Other physical details | Paperback |
| Dimensions | 128 x 196 x 38mm | 381.02g |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Small Island by bestselling author Andrea Levy won the Orange Prize for Fiction, as well as the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Whitbread. It is possibly the definitive fictional account of the experiences of the Empire Windrush generation. Now a major BBC drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Naomie Harris, its enduring appeal will captivate fans of Maya Angelou and Zadie Smith. <br/><br/>'A great read... honest, skilful, thoughtful and important' - Guardian<br/><br/><br/>It is 1948, and England is recovering from a war. But at 21 Nevern Street, London, the conflict has only just begun. Queenie Bligh's neighbours do not approve when she agrees to take in Jamaican lodgers, but Queenie doesn't know when her husband will return, or if he will come back at all. What else can she do? <br/><br/>Gilbert Joseph was one of the several thousand Jamaican men who joined the RAF to fight against Hitler. Returning to England as a civilian he finds himself treated very differently. It's desperation that makes him remember a wartime friendship with Queenie and knock at her door. <br/><br/>Gilbert's wife Hortense, too, had longed to leave Jamaica and start a better life in England. But when she joins him she is shocked to find London shabby, decrepit, and far from the golden city of her dreams. Even Gilbert is not the man she thought he was... |
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| Genre | War |
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| Genre/form data or focus term | War |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Item type | Books |
| Koha issues (borrowed), all copies | 1 |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last borrowed | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type | Public Note |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Fiction | Senior Library | Senior Library | F18 War_Section | 2018-08-28 | Rare Book | 1 | LEV | SL2018I1552 | 2024-10-25 | 2023-06-12 | 1 | 2018-08-28 | Books | War |