Sam Selvon's "Moses Ascending" depicts West Indian Immigration in England. Moses, a Trinidadian who has been in England for some years now represents immigrants who come from all corners of the world to seek a better life. Like many immigrants he is hard-working. After years of living in a dingy basement he saves up enough money to buy a house. Moses calls this his dream house in the beginning of the book but later on he realizes that the house is a piece of garbage.

Moses Ascending

Literature & Fiction

Selvon, Samuel

Contemporary

Heinemann International Litera

This collection of short stories, which observe social situations, are set in Trinidad. By the author of Moses Ascending.

Turn Again Tiger (Caribbean Writers Series)

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Heinemann

The derelict house in Shepherd's Bush that Moses takes on becomes the scene for an hilarious, topsy-turvy, irreverent sequence of events.

Moses Ascending (Caribbean Writers Series)

Looking for a better life a group of West Indians face harsh conditions in London, including racism, bad weather, loneliness, and hard times

The Lonely Londoners (Longman Caribbean Writer Series)

History & Criticism

Longman

In Trinidad during World War II, Tiger, sixteen, and Urmilla, his young wife through an arranged marriage try to enter the world of adult responsibilities

Brighter Sun (Longman Caribbean Writer Series)

Children's Books

Action & Adventure

Longman Trade/Caroline House

Housing Lark: A Novel

British & Irish

Three Continents Pr

Battersby, the hero of Selvon's fifth novel, is a West Indian exile in London who encounters both hardships and amusing situations in his search for adequate and reasonably priced shelter. In Housing Lark Selvon explores the plight of the West Indian in the "Mother Country," and the exiles' interactions with English women, the British in general, and each other.

It has been more than 25 years since Moses Aloetta became one of the 'Lonely Londoners' in the novel of that name. Now - though an avowed Anglophile - he hankers for Trinidad, for sunshine, Carnival, and rum punch. With characteristic irony and delicacy of touch, Sam Selvon tells the story of Moses' re-encounter with his native land. This edition of the novel includes a new introduction to Selvon's life and work by Susheila Nasta, as well as a preface by 'Moses' that was written in 1992 for the first US edition of the work. This edition of "Moses Migrating" includes a new introduction to Selvon's life and work by Susheila Nasta, as well as a preface by 'Moses' that was written in 1992 for the first US edition of the work.

Moses Migrating: A Novel

With a special preface by Moses Aloetta Esq. by way of Sam Selvon and an afterword by Susheila Nasta | A Three Continents Book | Published in the United States of America by Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 1800 30th Street, Boulder, Colorado 80301 and in the United Kingdom by Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 3 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 8LU | Contents: Acknowledgement. A Special Preface by Moses Aloetta Esq. The Novel: Moses Migrating. Afterword: "Samuel Selvon: Prolific! Popular!" by Susheila Nasta. About the Author. | An LRP Text-in-Time Edition

Moses Migrating

Meet Moses, Galahad, Big City, Tolroy, Five Past Twelve, and other West Indians who have come to London in search of the dream. There to face a reality of racial discrimination, poverty, harsh winters, waiting to see what tomorrow brings. This novel both joyful and sad, is an ode to the survival instinct of the modern immigrant.

The Lonely Londoners

Literary

TSAR Publications

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Moses Ascending

Turn Again Tiger (Caribbean Writers Series)

Moses Ascending (Caribbean Writers Series)

The Lonely Londoners (Longman Caribbean Writer Series)

Brighter Sun (Longman Caribbean Writer Series)

Housing Lark: A Novel

Housing Lark: A Novel

Moses Migrating: A Novel

Moses Migrating

The Lonely Londoners