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Six Stories and an Essay (Record no. 507)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781472222664
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 823.92
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Levy, Andrea
9 (RLIN) 360305
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Six Stories and an Essay
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. United Kingdom;
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Headline Publishing Group;
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2014
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 144 Pages;
Other physical details Hardback
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Andrea Levy, author of the Man Booker shortlisted novel THE LONG SONG and the prize-winning, million-copy bestseller SMALL ISLAND, draws together a remarkable collection of short stories from across her writing career, which began twenty years ago with the publication of her first novel, the semi-autobiographical EVERY LIGHT IN THE HOUSE BURNIN'. "None of my books is just about race, Levy has said. They're about people and history." Her novels have triumphantly given voice to the people and stories that might have slipped through the cracks in history. From Jamaican slave society in the nineteenth century, through post-war immigration into Britain, to the children of migrants growing up in '60s London, her books are acclaimed for skilful storytelling and vivid characters. And her unique voice, unflinching but filled with humour, compassion and wisdom, has made her one of the most significant and exciting contemporary authors. This collection opens with an essay about how writing has helped Andrea Levy to explore and understand her heritage. She explains the context of each piece within the chronology of her career and finishes with a new story, written to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War in 1914. As with her novels, these stories are at once moving and honest, deft and humane, filled with insight, anger at injustice and her trademark lightness of touch.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Short stories
9 (RLIN) 360306
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
9 (RLIN) 360307
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Karachi Karachi Adult Fiction 12/07/2016 1 823.92 PKLC002506 14/02/2017 12/07/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17   26/01/2017
Withdrawn   Dewey Decimal Classification     Lahore Lahore Adult Fiction 07/05/2016   823.92 PKLC004240 17/10/2018 07/05/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Sold