Review

This is a review for the stage adaptation of the novel, which is also linked below to watch as part of this book club experience!

www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/small-island-review-fragile-intimacy-in-a-passionate-engagement-with-the-past-a4132191.html

Andrea Levy, who died in February, was a chronicler of the Windrush generation. Her most popular novel, 2004’s Small Island, is a finely observed tale of displacement and conflict, love and loyalty, here brought to the stage with its warmth and poignancy intact.

Helen Edmundson’s adaptation focuses on two female characters. One, Leah Harvey’s poised Hortense, grows up in Jamaica convinced that Britain is a land defined by prosperity and politesse.

Review by Henry Hitchings

Alongside reading the novel, please do try to watch the National Theatre Performance here: Drama Online - Small Island (dramaonlinelibrary.com)

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Date for Book Club: Wednesday 10th March 2021 @ 6pm