num_pages: 262
description: Maja Carmen Carrera was only five years old when her black Cuban family emigrated to London. Now the 20-year-old jazz singer is caught between cultures, struggling to negotiate her history.
language: English
title: The Opposite House
titlecomplete: The Opposite House
genres: Literature, Literary Fiction, Novels, Adult, Magical Realism, Fiction, Fantasy, Africa, Contemporary, British Literature
ratings_count: 949
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Hurston/Wright Legacy Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Bloomsbury