The Long Song
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The Long Song is a historical novel by Andrea Levy that follows the life of a young enslaved woman in 19th-century Jamaica during and after the final years of slavery.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Long Song canonical | 2 |
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptationBroadcaster | BBC One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationFormat | television drama ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| author | Andrea Levy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfFirstPublication | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | notable contemporary book design (UK edition) ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The Long Song (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-7553-4671-4 ⓘ |
| literaryAward | Commonwealth Writers Prize (regional winner, Best Book, 2011) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | comic-tragic tone ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | July ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalPublisherImprint | Headline Review NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 320 pages ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | final novel by Andrea Levy ⓘ |
| precededBy | Small Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| publisher | Headline Review NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| shortlistedFor |
Man Booker Prize for Fiction
NERFINISHED
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Walter Scott Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
final years of slavery in Jamaica
ⓘ
post-emancipation Jamaican society ⓘ |
| theme |
colonialism
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emancipation ⓘ race and identity ⓘ resilience ⓘ slavery ⓘ |
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