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Small Country
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Author : Gaël Faye
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2018-06-07
Small Country written by Gaël Faye and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-07 with Fiction categories.
An international sensation, Small Country is a beautiful but harrowing tale of coming-of-age in the face of civil war. 'A luminous debut novel...Faye dramatises the terrible nostalgia of having lost not only a childhood but also a whole world to war' Guardian Burundi, 1992. For ten-year-old Gabriel, life in his comfortable expat neighbourhood of Bujumbura with his French father, Rwandan mother and little sister, Ana, is something close to paradise. These are happy, carefree days spent with his friends sneaking cigarettes and stealing mangoes, swimming in the lake and riding bikes in the streets they have turned into their kingdom. But dark clouds are gathering over this small country, and soon their peaceful idyll will shatter when Burundi and neighbouring Rwanda are brutally hit by war. ‘Unforgettable... Gaël Faye’s talent is breathtaking’ Imbolo Mbue, author of Behold the Dreamers
Petit Pays
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Author : Gaël Faye
language : fr
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-08
Petit Pays written by Gaël Faye and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08 with Burundi categories.
Avant, Gabriel faisait les quatre cents coups avec ses copains dans leur coin de paradis. Et puis l'harmonie familiale s'est disloquée en même temps que son " petit pays " , le Burundi, ce bout d'Afrique centrale brutalement malmené par l'Histoire. Plus tard, Gabriel fait revivre un monde à jamais perdu. Les battements de coeur et les souffles coupés, les pensées profondes et les rires déployés, le parfum de citronnelle, les termites les jours d'orage, les jacarandas en fleur... L'enfance, son infinie douceur, ses douleurs qui ne nous quittent jamais.
Klein Land
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Author : Gaël Faye
language : nl
Publisher: Overamstel Uitgevers
Release Date : 2017-09-05
Klein Land written by Gaël Faye and has been published by Overamstel Uitgevers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-05 with Fiction categories.
Het is 1992 en de tienjarige Gabriel woont met zijn Franse vader, Rwandese moeder en zusje Ana in een van de betere expatbuurten van Burundi. Zijn gelukkige jeugd wordt ruw verstoord, eerst door de scheiding van zijn ouders en vervolgens door de burgeroorlog en het gruwelijke drama in buurland Rwanda. De onrust doet Gabriel beseffen dat hij niet alleen kind is, maar ook halfbloed, Frans, Tutsi... Klein land is een ongekend debuut, donker en licht, vol tragiek maar ook humor. 'Ik heb deze roman geschreven om een vergeten wereld op te roepen, om te vertellen over vreugdevolle momenten, bescheiden als meisjes van goede familie: de geur van citroenmelisse in de straten, avondwandelingen langs de bougainvillestruiken, siësta's 's middags onder klamboes vol gaten, nietszeggende gesprekken gezeten op bierkratjes, vliegende termieten op onweersdagen... Ik heb deze roman geschreven om uit te schreeuwen tegen de hele wereld dat we hebben bestaan met onze eenvoudige levens, met sleur, met verveling, dat we momenten van geluk hebben gekend die van ons alleen maar zo hoefden te blijven, voordat we naar alle uithoeken van de wereld werden weggewerkt en een bende werden van bannelingen, vluchtelingen, immigranten, migranten.' Gaël Faye
Petit Pays
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Author : Gaël Faye
language : fr
Publisher: Grasset
Release Date : 2016-08-24
Petit Pays written by Gaël Faye and has been published by Grasset this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-24 with Fiction categories.
En 1992, Gabriel, dix ans, vit au Burundi avec son père français, entrepreneur, sa mère rwandaise et sa petite sœur, Ana, dans un confortable quartier d’expatriés. Gabriel passe le plus clair de son temps avec ses copains, une joyeuse bande occupée à faire les quatre cents coups. Un quotidien paisible, une enfance douce qui vont se disloquer en même temps que ce « petit pays » d’Afrique brutalement malmené par l’Histoire. Gabriel voit avec inquiétude ses parents se séparer, puis la guerre civile se profiler, suivie du drame rwandais. Le quartier est bouleversé. Par vagues successives, la violence l’envahit, l’imprègne, et tout bascule. Gabriel se croyait un enfant, il va se découvrir métis, Tutsi, Français... « J’ai écrit ce roman pour faire surgir un monde oublié, pour dire nos instants joyeux, discrets comme des filles de bonnes familles: le parfum de citronnelle dans les rues, les promenades le soir le long des bougainvilliers, les siestes l’après-midi derrière les moustiquaires trouées, les conversations futiles, assis sur un casier de bières, les termites les jours d’orages... J’ai écrit ce roman pour crier à l’univers que nous avons existé, avec nos vies simples, notre train-train, notre ennui, que nous avions des bonheurs qui ne cherchaient qu’à le rester avant d'être expédiés aux quatre coins du monde et de devenir une bande d’exilés, de réfugiés, d’immigrés, de migrants. » Avec un rare sens du romanesque, Gaël Faye évoque les tourments et les interrogations d’un enfant pris dans une Histoire qui le fait grandir plus vite que prévu. Nourri d’un drame que l’auteur connaît bien, un premier roman d’une ampleur exceptionnelle, parcouru d’ombres et de lumière, de tragique et d’humour, de personnages qui tentent de survivre à la tragédie.
A Small Country
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Author : Siân James
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 1979
A Small Country written by Siân James and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Fiction categories.
Beasts Of A Little Land
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Author : Juhea Kim
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2021-12-07
Beasts Of A Little Land written by Juhea Kim and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-07 with Fiction categories.
'Beasts of a Little Land is a stunning achievement’ TLS 'Spectacular' Lisa See, author of The Island of Sea Women 'I loved it' Brandon Hobson, author of The Removed 'Unforgettable' Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, author of The Mountains Sing An epic story of love and war, set during the turbulent decades of Korea's fight for independence It is 1917, and Korea is under Japanese occupation; the country is yet to be divided into north and south. With the threat of famine looming, a young girl named Jade is sold by her family to Miss Silver's courtesan school in cosmopolitan Pyongyang, an act of desperation that will cement her place in the lowest social class. But the city's days as a haven are numbered. Jade flees to Seoul where she forms a deep friendship with an orphan boy called JungHo, who scrapes together a living begging on the streets. As Jade becomes a sought-after performer with unexpected romantic prospects, JungHo is swept up in the revolutionary fight for independence. Soon, Jade must decide between following her own ambitions or risking everyone for the one she loves. From the perfumed chambers of the courtesan school to the glamorous cafés of a modernising Seoul, the unforgettable characters of Beasts of a Little Land unveil a world where friends become enemies and enemies become saviours, where heroes are persecuted and beasts take many shapes.
No And Me
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Author : Delphine de Vigan
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2010-08-02
No And Me written by Delphine de Vigan and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-02 with Fiction categories.
Lou Bertignac has an IQ of 160 and a good friend called Lucas, who gets her through the school day. At home her father cries in secret in the bathroom and her mother hasn't been out of the house properly for years. But Lou is about to change her life - and that of her parents - for good, all because of a school project she decides to do about the homeless. Through the project Lou meets No, a teenage girl living on the streets. As their friendship grows, Lou cannot bear that No is still on the streets when she goes back home - even if it is to a home that is saddened and desolate. So she asks her parents if No can come to live with them. To her astonishment, her parents - eventually - agree. No's presence forces Lou and her parents to finally face the sadness that has enveloped them. But No has disruptive as well as positive effects. Can this shaky newfound family continue to live together? A tense, brilliant novel tackling the true meaning of home and homelessness.
Our Lady Of The Nile
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Author : Scholastique Mukasonga
language : en
Publisher: Archipelago
Release Date : 2014-09-16
Our Lady Of The Nile written by Scholastique Mukasonga and has been published by Archipelago this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-16 with Fiction categories.
Friendship, deceit, fear, and persecution at an elite boarding school for young women in Rwanda, fifteen years before the 1994 genocide of the Tutsi . . . “Mukasonga’s masterpiece” (Julian Lucas, NYRB) Scholastique Mukasonga drops us into an elite Catholic boarding school for young women perched on the edge of the Nile. Parents send their daughters to Our Lady of the Nile to be molded into respectable citizens and to escape the dangers of the outside world. Fifteen years prior to the 1994 Rwandan genocide, we watch as these girls try on their parents’ preconceptions and attitudes, transforming the lycée into a microcosm of the country’s mounting racial tensions and violence. In the midst of the interminable rainy season, everything unfolds behind the closed doors of the school: friendship, curiosity, fear, deceit, prejudice, and persecution. With masterful prose that is at once subtle and penetrating, Mukasonga captures a society hurtling towards horror.
Ru
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Author : Kim Thuy
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2012-05-24
Ru written by Kim Thuy and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-24 with Fiction categories.
Ru: In Vietnamese it means lullaby; in French it is a small stream, but also signifies a flow - of tears, blood, money. Kim Thy's Ru is literature at its most crystalline: the flow of a life on the tides of unrest and on to more peaceful waters. In vignettes of exquisite clarity, sharp observation and sly wit, we are carried along on an unforgettable journey from a palatial residence in Saigon to a crowded and muddy Malaysian refugee camp, and onward to a new life in Quebec. There, the young girl feels the embrace of a new community, and revels in the chance to be part of the American Dream. As an adult, the waters become rough again: now a mother of two, she must learn to shape her love around the younger boy's autism. Moving seamlessly from past to present, from history to memory and back again, Ru is a book that celebrates life in all its wonder: its moments of beauty and sensuality, brutality and sorrow, comfort and comedy.
Tomb Song
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Author : Julián Herbert
language : en
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Release Date : 2018-03-06
Tomb Song written by Julián Herbert and has been published by Graywolf Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-06 with Fiction categories.
An incandescent new voice from Mexico, for readers of Ben Lerner and Rachel Cusk Sitting at the bedside of his mother as she is dying from leukemia in a hospital in northern Mexico, the narrator of Tomb Song is immersed in memories of his unstable boyhood and youth. His mother, Guadalupe, was a prostitute, and Julián spent his childhood with his half brothers and sisters, each from a different father, moving from city to city and from one tough neighborhood to the next. Swinging from the present to the past and back again, Tomb Song is not only an affecting coming-of-age story but also a searching and sometimes frenetic portrait of the artist. As he wanders the hospital, from its buzzing upper floors to the haunted depths of the morgue, Julián tells fevered stories of his life as a writer, from a trip with his pregnant wife to a poetry festival in Berlin to a drug-fueled and possibly completely imagined trip to another festival in Cuba. Throughout, he portrays the margins of Mexican society as well as the attitudes, prejudices, contradictions, and occasionally absurd history of a country ravaged by corruption, violence, and dysfunction. Inhabiting the fertile ground between fiction, memoir, and essay, Tomb Song is an electric prose performance, a kaleidoscopic, tender, and often darkly funny exploration of sex, love, and death. Julián Herbert’s English-language debut establishes him as one of the most audacious voices in contemporary letters.