The Lonely Londoners (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Samuel Selvon
- First Published: 1956
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The early 1950’s
- Setting: London, England
- Principal Characters: Moses Aleotta, Henry Oliver, Captain, Tolroy, Tanty
- Genres: Long fiction, Postcolonial literature
- Subjects: 1950’s, Discrimination, History, Homelessness or homeless people, Tradition, Racism, Blacks, Slavery or slaves, Exile or expatriates, Class consciousness, Poverty or poor people, Immigration or emigration, England or English people, London, Survivalism
- Locales: London, England
The Novel
Although it depicts in realistic terms the lives of West Indian immigrants newly arrived in England, the terms in which it does so are so lyrical in language and lighthearted in attitude that The Lonely Londoners seems less a conventional novel than a cavalcade of humors and manners, a Mardi Gras of misadventure or, to use one of the novel’s own terms, a “fete.” Its structure is episodic, possibly a result of the author’s well-known ability as a short-story writer and radio dramatist. This structure has the effect of making the work’s sense of time...
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