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Nothing interests Maman today, not even Jean, her favorite child ... She acts dumb, bewitched, like a goat that the neighborhood children have fed sorghum beer.' This extraordinary collection ranges from the depiction of a street family's poverty in Kenya, illegal trading of children in Gabon to inter-religious conflicts in Nigeria and Ethiopia and the terrible situation faced by a mixed Hutu-Tsutsi family in Rwanda. Say You're One of Them is fiction with real emotional punch and told from the viewpoints of children - the innocent victims - is powerful, vivid and deeply moving. Uwem Akpan's ability to capture a child's imagination and his skilful portrayal of the situations they have to endure makes this a truly compelling read.
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Say You're One of Them, Uwem Akpan
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 2008
- Reliure
- (souple)
Modes de paiement
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- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Uwem Akpan
- Éditeur
- Abacus
- Publié
- 2008
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN10
- 0349120633
- ISBN13
- 9780349120638
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Romans historiques, Nouvelles, Meurtres, Guerres, Enfants, Afrique, Filles, Race, Racisme, Haine, Littérature africaine, Rwanda
- Évaluation
- 3,45 sur 5
- Description
- Nothing interests Maman today, not even Jean, her favorite child ... She acts dumb, bewitched, like a goat that the neighborhood children have fed sorghum beer.' This extraordinary collection ranges from the depiction of a street family's poverty in Kenya, illegal trading of children in Gabon to inter-religious conflicts in Nigeria and Ethiopia and the terrible situation faced by a mixed Hutu-Tsutsi family in Rwanda. Say You're One of Them is fiction with real emotional punch and told from the viewpoints of children - the innocent victims - is powerful, vivid and deeply moving. Uwem Akpan's ability to capture a child's imagination and his skilful portrayal of the situations they have to endure makes this a truly compelling read.