From 'one of the literary giants of our times' (New York Times), a brilliant hybrid of reportage, fiction, and historical fact that tells the stories of three black men whose tragic lives speak resoundingly to the place and role of the foreigner in English society.
Caryl Phillips was born in St Kitts and now lives in London and New York. He has written for television, radio, theatre and cinema and is the author of twelve works of fiction and non-fiction. Crossing the River was shortlisted for the 1993 Booker Prize and Caryl Phillips has won the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, as well as being named the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year 1992 and one of the Best of Young British Writers 1993. A Distant Shore won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 2004 and Dancing in the Dark was shortlisted in 2006.
With great empathy, and through a collage of voices, Phillips has
created three distinct portraits. All are superbly crafted and
utterly absorbing reads... An important and sobering book, highly
relevant today
*Daily Mail*
Phillilps once again demonstrates why he remains one of Britain's
pre-eminent writers, ranking alongside the great American figures
who were the inspiration behind his decision to become a man of
letters - Richard Wright, William Faulkner, James Baldwin
*Guardian*
An immensely talented writer, Phillips resurrects their thwarted
hopes in this subtle meditation on identity and belonging, which
explores how impossible it is to define the composition of a
nation
*Irish Times*
Foreigners is among Caryl Phillips most powerful, empathic, and
profoundly affecting books
*Country*
With great empathy, and through a collage of voices, Phillips has
created three distinct portraits. All are superbly crafted and
utterly absorbing reads... An important and sobering book, highly
relevant today * Daily Mail *
Phillilps once again demonstrates why he remains one of Britain's
pre-eminent writers, ranking alongside the great American figures
who were the inspiration behind his decision to become a man of
letters - Richard Wright, William Faulkner, James Baldwin -- David
Lammy * Guardian *
An immensely talented writer, Phillips resurrects their thwarted
hopes in this subtle meditation on identity and belonging, which
explores how impossible it is to define the composition of a nation
* Irish Times *
Foreigners is among Caryl Phillips most powerful, empathic,
and profoundly affecting books * Country *
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