Caryl Phillips's first novel tells the story of Leila, a nineteen-year-old woman living on a small Caribbean island in the 1950s. Unsatisfied with life on the island, Leila decides to leave her friends and follow her mother overseas, taking her restless husband Michael and her young son with her. Her subsequent passage to England brings her face to face with the consequences of the decisions she has made to determine her life on her own terms.
| ISBN: | 9780099468585 |
| Publication date: | 1st April 2004 |
| Author: | Caryl Phillips |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 205 pages |
| Genres: |
Historical Fiction Narrative theme: Displacement, exile, migration |
Caryl Phillips's first novel tells the story of Leila, a nineteen-year-old woman living on a small Caribbean island in the 1950s. Unsatisfied with life on the island, Leila decides to leave her friends and follow her mother overseas, taking her restless husband Michael and her young son with her.
The Final Passage features in the following genres: Historical Fiction, Narrative theme: Displacement, exile, migration
Paperback. £8.99, down from the £9.99 cover price. In Stock.
The Final Passage was written by Caryl Phillips and published by Vintage an imprint of Random House
The Final Passage has 205 pages
£8.99, reduced from £9.99. In Stock.