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Moses ascending

Moses ascending

by Sam Selvon

FictionLiteratureWest IndiansSocial conditions
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Sam Selvon's Moses Ascending depicts West Indian Immigration in England. Moses, a Trinidadian who has been in England for some years now represents immigrants who come from all corners of the world to seek a better life. Like many immigrants he is hard-working. After years of living in a dingy basement he saves up enough money to buy a house. Moses calls this his dream house in the beginning of the book but later on he realizes that the house is a piece of garbage.

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FictionLiteratureWest IndiansSocial conditions

Author

Sam Selvon

Pages

208

Read time

≈ 5h

Editions

4

Language

English

Publisher

Penguin Books, Limited

ISBN

9780141189314

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