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- Title
"Final Passages"?
- Authors
PIRKER, EVA ULRIKE
- Abstract
The article explores Caryl Phillips' novel "The Final Passage" and his television adaptation of the novel for Channel 4. The novel tells the story of newlyweds who traveled across the ocean with other migrants in the late 1950s. The film uses the characters to illustrate the history of West Indian mass migration, while the novel deals with the development of the individual characters. The adaptation uses a plot that shows the progress of the protagonist's struggle to find his/her place in the world.
- Subjects
PHILLIPS, Caryl; FINAL Passage, The (Book); TELEVISION adaptations; FICTION; CHANNEL Four Television Corp.
- Publication
Cross / Cultures: Readings in the Post / Colonial Literatures in English, 2009, Vol 102, p267
- ISSN
0924-1426
- Publication type
Article