Some Dream for Fools - Brossura

Guene, Faiza

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0156032929 ISBN 13: 9780156032926

Casa editrice: Mariner Books, 2010

Riassunto

When Ahlčme’s mother was killed in a village massacre, she left Algeria for France with her father and brother and never returned. Now, more than a decade later, she is practically French, yet in many ways she remains an outsider. Her dreams for a better life have been displaced by the harsh realities she faces every day. Her father is unable to work after an accident at his construction site. Her brother boils over with adolescent energy and teeters dangerously close to choosing a life of crime. And as a temporary resident, Ahlčme could at any moment be sent back to a village and a life that are now more foreign than Paris.
In Some Dream for Fools, Faļza Gučne explores the disparity between the expectations and limitations of immigrant life in the West and tells a remarkable story of one woman’s courage to dream.

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Praise for SOME DREAM FOR FOOLS

"Super-young, super-cool and fast becoming known as one of the hottest literary talents of multicultural Europe, Guene takes us on a tour of the tough suburbs of Paris and Algeria, where having the wrong-colour passport sentences you to a half-life. A funny, intimate and timely book by one of the stars of tomorrow." -- Sunday Telegraph, 50 of the best holiday reads (UK)

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"[C]ompelling... reveals Guene to be a promising addition to the world's literary voices." -- San Francisco Chronicle

"Remarkable . . . a glimpse of life beyond the Paris city limits and into a new, multicultural France . . . Heralded as, alternately, a Gallic version of White Teeth, The Catcher in the Rye and Bridget Jones's Diary . . . ." -- Salon

"Gučne . . . has created a gutsy narrator . . . Ahlčme is real, and her tenacity, uncompromising toughness and cynical sense of humor give the novel a hint of joy." —Kirkus "Super-young, super-cool and fast becoming known as one of the hottest literary talents of multicultural Europe, Guene takes us on a tour of the tough suburbs of Paris and Algeria, where having the wrong-colour passport sentences you to a half-life. Our heroine, 24-year-old Ahleme, is an unforgettable narrator, and this is much more than mere social commentary - it's a funny, intimate and timely book by one of the stars of tomorrow." — Sunday Telegraph, 50 of the best holiday reads (UK) "It's not an exaggeration to suggest that Guene is doing for the people, especially the youth, of the banlieu what James Kelman and Agnes Owens have done for the deprived of Glasgow's housing schemes; that is, give a voice to those who have been excluded from literature. Guene is very evidently a natural novelist, a young writer of real talent." —Scotsman "Miss Guene wrests the projects from their reputation as the "Far West" (of Paris) and restores their humanity without painting too rosy a picture—quite the contrary. With her, the France of the projects takes on the feeling of a well-known serial.... She captivates the reader with short scenes, like you would find in the theater. In her world, one keeps from screaming with rage by scoffing, mocking, everything trendy in the suburbs. The language she uses is a triumph among readers." – Le Nouvel Observateur (France)

L'autore:

She is the author of Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Mariner Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0156032929
• ISBN 13: 9780156032926
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 156