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Homesick is a composite novel; a series of seventeen short stories expertly interwoven to tell the story of a community of Sri Lankan immigrants carving out new lives in, a sometimes hostile, Britain. The stories are about individuals; alcoholic Kumar, dyslexic Preethi, Mr Basit, sisters Lolly and Deirdre, aged Dorothy. Individually they struggle with issues of abuse, love, death, cultural identity and change. Collectively they illustrate the need for community in a vibrant, but fractured, society. In this ambitious novel Fernando ultimately asks awkward questions about the political and social status of immigrants in the UK.
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"Roshi Fernando is a virtuoso writer, whose work is distinguished by unique flair, a powerful style and disciplined artistic intelligence." --Stevie Davies, Booker and Orange prize shortlisted author
Roshi has been shortlisted for the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award 2011 for 'The Fluorescent Jacket' which appears as one of the interlinked stories that make-up Homesick. Other shortlisted authors include Booker prize winner Hilary Mantel and Gerard Woodward, who has previously been shortlisted for the Booker and the TS Eliot prizes. The judges are Melvyn Bragg, Will Self, Daisy Waugh, A S Byatt, Andrew Holgate and Matthew Evans. --The Sunday Times
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Roshi has been shortlisted for the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award 2011 for 'The Fluorescent Jacket' which appears as one of the interlinked stories that make-up Homesick. Other shortlisted authors include Booker prize winner Hilary Mantel and Gerard Woodward, who has previously been shortlisted for the Booker and the TS Eliot prizes. The judges are Melvyn Bragg, Will Self, Daisy Waugh, A S Byatt, Andrew Holgate and Matthew Evans. --The Sunday Times
A stunning, prize-winning collection of linked stories which traces the fine lines of politics, tradition and community
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- PublisherImpress Books
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1907605029
- ISBN 13 9781907605024
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages208
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