Title : Hortense and Queenie - Andrea Levy - book
Summary :
1948, England is still shaken by the war. At 21 Nevern Street lives Queenie Bligh, a beautiful, temperamental woman raised the hard way in the Midlands. Her husband, Bernard, has not returned from India, where he was serving in the Royal Air Force. To survive, Queenie is forced to take in lodgers, including a Jamaican couple, Gilbert and Hortense. Gilbert Joseph has also just fought in the war under the flag of the Empire and the blue uniform of the RAF. Determined to stay in London, he endures everyday racism, whether he likes it or not. His cheeky wit helps him overcome the humiliations. His young wife, Hortense, has always dreamed of living in England. She joins Gilbert in the small room Queenie rents them. Disillusionment is not in short supply. Hortense, always concerned with her elegance, is shocked by the surrounding poverty. The motherland is not what she imagined in the shade of the mango trees. Andrea Levy weaves with great finesse of observation a novel in four voices, tinged with humor and emotion, imbued with exoticism and humanity, about the meeting and mixing of cultures. A great novel, crowned with numerous awards, unanimously celebrated by critics and the public.
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EAN : 9782710328131
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