Analysis Of Fruit Of The Lemon By Andrea Levy

It is 1948, and England is recovering from a war. But at 21 Nevern street, London, the conflict has only just begun .The post-World War II era oversaw a frenzy of changing events. Seeing to the mass immigration trend, Andrea Levy’s parents packed up for England. Andrea levy’s parents arrived from Jamaica to Britain in 1948 on the ‘empire Windrush’. Her father, Mr. Winston, was among the first wave of Immigrants who had their families hauled on a boat of 492 backpackers. They all wanted to taste the widely heard ‘Better Opportunity’. Andrea’s mother was a teacher by profession, and London was a harsh place for her to set her feet. Andrea Levy’s life was full of hitches. She was born in highbury, north London. Levy was the youngest of four siblings. …show more content…
She drew on this experience for her third novel, Fruit of the Lemon. This novel was published in 1999 and received immense feedback and a great readership proportion. Through the book, the writer has maintained a subtle approach that steadily entrenches the reader against the misdoings of the “white” British society. The protagonist ‘Faith Jackson’, one of the author’s favourite characters, is a pleasing young woman who travels from 1980s London to Jamaica. Along the course of her life, fate pits Jackson against all sorts of people, who had a major impact in shaping her and her parent’s life. The Fruit of the Lemon was originally written in 1999 and underwent a couple of revisions throughout its entire release period. Needless to say, each manuscript is as unique as the first one. This novel is a worthy read for youths that settle themselves abroad and lose connections to their familial roots.
Levy is one of the 19th century’s invaluable assets. Her latest work is in the form of a well versed novel: “The Long Song (2010)”, which led her to receive a tremendous degree of readership. The Long Song is set in Jamaica during the final years of slavery and the early years of freedom that followed. It is 1831, just a few days left until Christmas will arrive. But this time, instead of bringing pleasing sounds of reindeer hooves and the jingles of songs, we’re in for Jamaica’s …show more content…
All her books look at what it is to be black and British, trying to make the invisible visible and to put back into history the people left out. Andrea levy has always been fascinated by the story of her parents’ immigration to Britain. She wanted to know what that experience was like, not only the Jamaicans wanting to make a new life in Britain, but also for the people who already lived in Britain and who would have to accommodate the new arrivals. Her aim was to see the experience from both the sides, and this became the inspiration for her fourth novel, Small