Gloria

ISBN-13: 9781408843369 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 400 str.

Kerry Young

Opis

Jamaica, 1938. Gloria is 16 years old when violence changes her life forever. She and her sister flee to forge a new life in Kingston. As the city convulses with political change, Gloria's desperation leads her to Sybil and Beryl, and a house of ill-repute where she meets Yang Pao, a racketeer whose destiny becomes bound with her own.

Recenzje

Kerry Young is a stand alone talent in the new emerging generation of writers from the Caribbean region. Her stories are gritty and also funny and very real. Read her if you want to know about the Caribbean. Kerry Young is unique Monique Roffey, winner of the OCM BOCAS Prize for Caribbean Literature

O autorze

Kerry Young was born in Kingston, Jamaica, to a Chinese father and a mother of mixed Chinese-African heritage. She moved to England in 1965 and lives in Leicestershire. Kerry is a Reader for The Literary Consultancy and a tutor for the Arvon Foundation. She is also Honorary Assistant Professor in the School of English at The University of Nottingham and Honorary Creative Writing Fellow at the University of Leicester. She was writer-in-residence at The University of Sheffield (2014-2016) as a part of the Royal Literary Fund Fellowship Programme.Kerryyoung.co.uk