In Hanif Kureishi’s ‘‘Strangers When We Meet’’, the colour has been
made invisible. However, the wall, which has estranged the meeting lovers, remains
visible in the allegedly colourless world. The protagonist, who comes from South
London, is not handed the key to the multicultural London, but just stranded on the
edges. The wall symbolizes the divide between London/city and South London/suburbia.
The removal of the colour bar is far from enough. Only by removing
the wall will the South Londoners be handed the key to the capital and have their
‘‘homes without walls’’.

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• Invisible colour versus visible wall: Hanif Kureishi’s ‘‘Strangers When We Meet’’