- Published: 1 December 2008
- ISBN: 9780099488859
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 272
- RRP: $39.99
Foreigners: Three English Lives
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- Published: 1 December 2008
- ISBN: 9780099488859
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 272
- RRP: $39.99
An immensely talented writer, Phillips resurrects their thwarted hopes in this subtle meditation on identity and belonging, which explores how impossible it is to define the composition of a nation
Irish Times
With great empathy, and through a collage of voices, Phillips has created three distinct portraits. All are superbly crafted and utterly absorbing reads... An important and sobering book, highly relevant today
Daily Mail
Foreigners is among Caryl Phillips most powerful, empathic, and profoundly affecting books
Country
Phillilps once again demonstrates why he remains one of Britain's pre-eminent writers, ranking alongside the great American figures who were the inspiration behind his decision to become a man of letters - Richard Wright, William Faulkner, James Baldwin
David Lammy, Guardian