Her father's violence and her new classmate's hostility force Hyacinth, eleven, to try to forget her new home in England by dreaming about her old one in Jamaica
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Zustand: Very Good. : The Unbelonging es una novela de Joan Riley que narra la historia de Hyacinth, una niña de 11 años que se traslada de Jamaica a Inglaterra para vivir con su padre, a quien nunca ha conocido. La novela explora temas de identidad, pertenencia y las dificultades de adaptación a una nueva cultura. Hyacinth se enfrenta al racismo, la soledad y la violencia doméstica, mientras lucha por encontrar su lugar en un mundo que le resulta ajeno. EAN: 9780704339590 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: The Unbelonging Autor: Joan Riley Editorial: The Women's Press Ltd Idioma: en Páginas: 160 Formato: tapa blanda. Artikel-Nr. Happ-2025-04-03-a6f9a42f
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Paperback. Zustand: Fair. 160 pages. EX-LIBRARY. Dog-eared.Summoned to Britain by a father she had never known, 11-year-old Hyacinth exc hanges the warmth and exuberance of the backstreets of Kingston, Jamaica, for th e gloom of inner-city life. She finds herself in a land of strangers, the only b lack face in a sea of white. Faced at school with the hostility of her classmate s, and at home with violence from her father, and a threatening sexuality she do es not understand she seeks refuge in dreams of her homeland - dreams which she must eventually test against the truth. Though academic triumphs help, for Hyaci nth the real search is for identity and a place in the world. In her first book black novelist Joan Riley paints a vivid portrait of immigrant experience in Bri tain, refusing to romanticise its harsh reality. Artikel-Nr. 26y
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Zustand: Near Fine. London: The Women's Press, 1985. First Edition, wrapper issue. Octavo. 144 pp. Illustrated wraps. A touch of rubbing to edges of wraps. Binding sound and pages unmarked; Near Fine. Debut novel by the Jamaican-British writer, following eleven-year-old Hyacinth's experience moving from the warmth and familiarity of Kingston to the harsh realities of living as an immigrant in Britain. Riley was called "the first Afro-Caribbean woman author to write about the experiences of Blacks in England," by The Literary Encyclopedia. Scarce in retail. Artikel-Nr. 30933
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