Ingiliz roman yazari Andrea Levy'nin dogum yildonumu (7 Mart 1956)
"Yil. 1948. Ingiltere Ikinci Dunya Savasi'nin yaralarini sararken 21 Nevern Street'te karmasa yeni baslamistir.Queenie Bligh'in komsulari, kadinin Jamaikali kiracilari evine kabul etmesini onaylamazlar, ama Queenie'nin kocasi Bernard savastan donmediginden kadinin yapacak baska bir seyi yoktur. Gilbert Joseph, Hitler'e karsi savasmak icin RAF'e katilan birkac bin Jamaikali erkekten biridir. Sivil olarak dondugu Ingiltere'de kendini cok farkli bir muamele karsisinda bulur. Gilbert'in karisi Hortense da uzun yillar boyunca Jamaika'yi terk etmenin, Ingiltere'de yeni bir hayata baslamanin ozlemi icinde yasamistir. Ama kocasinin yanina gittiginde Londra'nin dokuk, eskimis ve hayallerinden fersah fersah uzakta bir sehir oldugunu gorunce afallar. Gilbert bile artik bir zamanlar tanidigi adam degildir..." Kucuk Ada
"It is 1948, and England is recovering from a war. But at 21 Nevern Street, London, the conflict has only just begun. Queenie Bligh’s neighbours do not approve when she agrees to take in Jamaican lodgers, but Queenie doesn’t know when her husband will return, or if he will come back at all. What else can she do? Gilbert Joseph was one of the several thousand Jamaican men who ****ed the RAF to fight against Hitler. Returning to England as a civilian he finds himself treated very differently. It’s desperation that makes him remember a wartime friendship with Queenie and knock at her door. Gilbert’s wife Hortense, too, had longed to leave Jamaica and start a better life in England. But when she ****s him she is shocked to find London shabby, decrepit, and far from the golden city of her dreams. Even Gilbert is not the man she thought he was..."


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