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Voices of the crossing

"This collection of original essays brings together the distilled experiences of fourteen very different writers from the Caribbean, Africa and the Indian subcontinent. All started life in the former colonies and have either spent extended periods in Britain or settled here - and all have enriched its literature with new themes and ways of seeing, expressed with an exuberant use of language. Their accounts - reflective, anecdotal, autobiographical - of their very different cultural journeys and of how living in Britain has influenced their writing create a rich medley of voices."—Jacket.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 179 pages

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