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Colour Me English

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

Colour Me English

By Caryl Phillips

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About the book

What do we mean by 'English'? How does that image square with reality? How does our island look from abroad, and what aspects of our experience do we share with, for example, America - a nation built by outsiders and the huddled masses?Taking as its starting point a moving recollection of growing up in Leeds during the 1970s, Colour Me English broadens into a reflective, entertaining and challenging collection of essays and other non-fiction writing which ranges from the literary to the cultural...Show more

Biography and non-fiction prose

Book details

ISBN

9781911215776

Publisher

Vintage Publishing

Published year

2017

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Colour Me English

Format

Paperback

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