MOMENTAN AUSVERKAUFT
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPeepal Tree Press, The Limited
ISBN-101845230981
ISBN-139781845230982
eBay Product ID (ePID)71114352
Product Key Features
Book TitleEscape to an Autumn Pavement
Number of Pages220 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral
Publication Year2009
GenreFiction
AuthorAndrew Salkey
Book SeriesCaribbean Modern Classics Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight8.2 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition23
Number of Volumes1 vol.
Dewey Decimal813.6
SynopsisA brave and pioneering treatment of sexual identity in Caribbean literature, this novel, first published in 1960, follows the fortunes of Johnnie Sobert, a Jamaican exile who works in London at a club that caters to black American servicemen. In flight from his dominant, possessive mother, he immerses himself in the bohemian Soho scene and adopts a wisecracking persona as a cover for his deep-seated insecurities. Adding to Johnnie's confusion is the fact that when he is not at work, he navigates a completely different life in Hempstead, where he lives in a bedsitter and carries on an unsatisfying affair with his white landlady, Fiona. These two worlds provide a lively portrait of Britons reacting to the growing presence of blacks and Asians in their neighborhoods, and Johnnie takes lessons from each place. By the time he finally decides to move in with his gay friend, Dick, he is much better equipped with self-awareness--but he has yet to make a decision about where his desires truly lie.
LC Classification NumberPR9265.9.S2
