by Andrea Levy · Proa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788484379126
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«Petita illa» is the historical novel by Andrea Levy, published by Proa in paperback (512 pages, in Catalan).
In 1948 London, Queenie Bligh rents a room in her house to a Jamaican couple, Gilbert and Hortense, who arrive hoping to start a better life. Four voices alternate the narrative to portray a city marked by the postwar period, racism, and the search for a home as the Empire crumbles.
The Catalan translation is by Dolors Udina Abelló. The original work in English is «Small Island». It belongs to the A Tot Vent-Tela collection (no. 443).
It suits readers of historical and literary fiction, and reading clubs interested in migration and the postwar period.
Andrea Levy was an English author best known for the novels Small Island (2004) and The Long Song (2010). She was born in London to Jamaican parents, and her work explores topics related to British Jamaicans and how they negotiate racial, cultural and national identities.
