{"product_id":"andrea-levy-9781441113603","title":"Andrea Levy","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA rich and judiciously edited collection offering (it’s hard to believe) the first book-length assessment of this major contemporary novelist. The chapters are beautifully balanced, exposing readers to a wide range of critical perspectives, from meticulous close readings of the novels to questions of literary form, reception, and adaptation. The collection concludes with a revealing, previously unpublished interview with Andrea Levy. * James Procter, Reader in Modern English \u0026amp; Postcolonial Literature, Newcastle University, UK *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors  Foreword by Lawrence Scott  Series Editors’ Preface  Acknowledgements  Chronology of Andrea Levy’s Life  INTRODUCTION    ‘Towards Serious Work’ Jeannette Baxter (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge) and David James (Queen Mary University, London)  CHAPTER ONE     Unhappy Bildungsromane Dave Gunning (University of Birmingham)  CHAPTER TWO     Council Housing and the Politics of the Welfare State in Never Far From  Matthew Taunton (University of East Anglia)  CHAPTER THREE     Existing in More than One Plane of Time: Memory and Narrative Form in Every Light in the House Michael Perfect (University of Cambridge)  CHAPTER FOUR     The Immediacy of Small Island David James (Queen Mary University, London)  CHAPTER FIVE     Small Island, Small Screen: Adapting Black British  Rachel Carroll (University of Teeside)  CHAPTER SIX     Exquisite Corpse: Un\/dressing History in Fruit of the Lemon\/The Long Song Jeannette Baxter (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge)  CHAPTER SEVEN      ‘I am the narrator of this work’: Narrative Authority in Andrea Levy’s The Long  Fiona Tolan (Liverpool John Moores University)  CHAPTER EIGHT     At the Centre of the Picture: Andrea Levy’s The Long  Susan Alice Fischer (City University of New York)  ‘Andrea Levy in Conversation with Susan Alice Fischer’  References Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769644908887,"sku":"9781441113603","price":31.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781441113603.jpg?v=1758722030","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/andrea-levy-9781441113603","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}