Calypso in London
  • Published: 5 September 2023
  • ISBN: 9780241630877
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 160
  • RRP: $26.00

Calypso in London

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Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.

Sam Selvon is now widely considered to be one of the greatest chroniclers of the West Indian emigrant experience. His evocation of voice, of place, of longing, defined for many the experience of a generation. Describing life in the Caribbean and day-to-day adventures in London, this collection features many his most acclaimed stories, including 'The Village Washer', 'A Drink of Water' and 'The Cricket Match'.
  • Published: 5 September 2023
  • ISBN: 9780241630877
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 160
  • RRP: $26.00
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About the author

Sam Selvon

Sam Selvon was born in San Fernando (Trinidad) in 1923 and worked in his homeland as a wireless operator and reporter. In 1950 he left Trinidad for the UK, where he established himself as a writer with A Brighter Sun (1952). Many other books followed, including his best-known novel, The Lonely Londoners (1956), and its two sequels, Moses Ascending (1975) and Moses Migrating (1983). He moved to Canada in the late 1970s and died in 1994.

Also by Sam Selvon

Ways of Sunlight
The Housing Lark
Moses Ascending
The Lonely Londoners
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