Gabriel Gbadamosi
Auteur de Vauxhall
Œuvres de Gabriel Gbadamosi
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- Œuvres
- 2
- Membres
- 29
- Popularité
- #460,290
- Évaluation
- 2.5
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 3
- Langues
- 1
Vauxhall is presumably an autobiographical novel, as its author is also of mixed Nigerian and Irish heritage and grew up in impoverished South London neighborhoods. The book is most effective when it describes the racial slights that Michael and his siblings experience, particularly when he and his siblings are out in public with their mother, who walks separately from them to avoid harassment of them or herself by those who disapprove of her having a black husband. Michael's mother is the most sympathetic character in the book, as she keeps the family together despite her own poor health, external pressure from her relatives and neighbors, and an often indifferent and unromantic husband.
I found Vauxhall to be a mildly interesting but ultimately disappointing novel, as it could have been a far more interesting book had it been more reflective and less rushed, and if its potentially interesting characters had been better developed.… (plus d'informations)