Small Island has sold a million copies worldwide. This new edition of the award-winning novel ties in with the BBC /Masterpiece theatre adaptation, and the publication of her new novel
The Long Song (FSG)
"It's all here: exceptional dialogue, clever narrative, and a rich story that tells us something new about our shared history on a planet that is increasingly small and yet will always be inhabited by individuals possessed, at our best, by singular consciousness and desire." —Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"Andrea Levy gives us a new, urgent take on our past." —Vogue
"[A] perfectly crafted tale of crossed lives and oceans…Happily, the hype is warranted—Small Island is a triumph." —San Francisco Chronicle
"Honest, skillful, thoughtful, and important. This is Andrea Levy's big book." —The Guardian
"Andrea Levy's beautifully wrought novel is a window into 1948 England…A bristling, funny, angry tale of love and sacrifice." —Entertainment Weekly
"Levy tells a good story, and she tells it well—using narrative voices across time and space as she revisits the conventions of the historical novel and imagines the hopes and pains of the immigrant's saga anew." —The Washington Post