A review by elfs29
The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.0
Selvon writes such vivid characters, combined with such perceptive and honest comments on the lives of Caribbean migrants in the 1950s, all centred in London, the amorphous creature of a city that both suppresses and uplifts them. The themes of friendship and community are so heartwarming, the themes of poverty and misery so devastating, that Selvon is able to accurately and compassionately display the varied and complicated lives of the characters, giving power back to them by establishing them as Londoners as they deserve to be.
Sometimes, listening to them, he look in each face, and he feel a great compassion for every one of them, as if he live each one of their lives, one by one, all the strain and stress come to rest on his own shoulders.
"What are you doing Moses? You still thinking of going back home?"
Sometimes, listening to them, he look in each face, and he feel a great compassion for every one of them, as if he live each one of their lives, one by one, all the strain and stress come to rest on his own shoulders.
"What are you doing Moses? You still thinking of going back home?"