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- Author: Gauz'
- Publisher: Biblioasis
- ISBN-10: 1771966009
- ISBN-13: 9781771966009
- Format: 12.4 x 19.6 x 1.8 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English
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Shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize
A funny, fast-paced, and poignant take on Franco-African history, as told through the eyes of three African security guards in Paris.
All over the city, they are watching: Black men paid to stand guard, invisible amongst the rich white flâneurs--and yet the only ones who truly see. From Les Grands Moulins and the sales at Camaïeu to a Sephora on the Champs-ÃÂlysées, Ferdinand, Ossiri, and Kassoum, two generations of Ivoirians, seek their way as undocumented workers amidst political bickering at the Residence for Students from Côte d'Ivoire and the ever-changing landscape of French immigration policy. Fast-paced and funny, poignant and sharply satirical, Standing Heavy is a searingly witty deconstruction of colonial legacies and capitalist consumption and an unforgettable, unprecedented account of everything that passes under the security guards' all-seeing eyes.
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- Author: Gauz'
- Publisher: Biblioasis
- ISBN-10: 1771966009
- ISBN-13: 9781771966009
- Format: 12.4 x 19.6 x 1.8 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English English
Shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize
A funny, fast-paced, and poignant take on Franco-African history, as told through the eyes of three African security guards in Paris.
All over the city, they are watching: Black men paid to stand guard, invisible amongst the rich white flâneurs--and yet the only ones who truly see. From Les Grands Moulins and the sales at Camaïeu to a Sephora on the Champs-ÃÂlysées, Ferdinand, Ossiri, and Kassoum, two generations of Ivoirians, seek their way as undocumented workers amidst political bickering at the Residence for Students from Côte d'Ivoire and the ever-changing landscape of French immigration policy. Fast-paced and funny, poignant and sharply satirical, Standing Heavy is a searingly witty deconstruction of colonial legacies and capitalist consumption and an unforgettable, unprecedented account of everything that passes under the security guards' all-seeing eyes.
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