Sách - Brotherhood by Alexia Trigo (UK edition, paperback)

Ships from and sold by EXPERAL Singapore Publisher: Independent Alliance Origin: United Kingdom (Imported) ISBN 13: 9781787702844 Condition: Brandnew Binding: paperback Pages: 208 Dimensons: 210 x 135 x 30 | 400 (gram) ---------------------------------------- A novel about cowardice and courage in the face of repression, from a powerful new voice of French-African literature WINNER of the French Voices Grand Prize, Prix Ahmadou Kourouma, and Grand Prix du Roman MétisMohamed Mbougar Sarr’s searing and thought-provoking debut novel, Brotherhood takes place in the imaginary town of Kalep, where a fundamentalist Islamist government has spread its brutal authority.Under the regime of the so-called Brotherhood, two young people are publicly executed for having loved each other. In response, their mothers begin a secret correspondence, their only outlet for the grief they share and each woman’s personal reckoning with a leadership that would take her beloved child’s life.At the same time, spurred on by their indignation at what seems to be an escalation of The Brotherhood’s brutality, a band of intellectuals and free-thinkers seeks to awaken the conscience of the cowed populace and foment rebellion by publishing an underground newspaper. While they gr with the implications of what they have done, the regime’s brutal leader begins a personal crusade to find the responsible parties, and bring them to his own sense of justice. In this brilliant analysis of tyranny and brutality, Mbougar Sarr explores the ways in which resistance and heroism can often give way to cowardice, all while giving voice to the moral ambiguities and personal struggles involved in each of his characters’ search to impose the values they hold most dear. Key Selling Points: Debut published when the author was only 25 French-African fiction/BAME interest WINNER: Prix Ahmadou Kourouma, Grand Prix du Roman Métis Major print, online, social media campaign Video and visual assets Proofs: physical and on NetGalley Target readership BAME/French-African Fiction/Human rights For readers of Alain Mabanckou’s African Psycho, Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, Ayi Kwei Armah’s The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born, Boualem Sansal’s 2084: The End of the World, Saleem Haddad’s Guapa. Review Quote“Mohamed Mbougar Sarr’s first novel is a master stroke.” Review Quote“In the style of the 19th century masters, Sarr’s text examines a militia’s stranglehold on an imaginary city, a tale that will remind readers of many contemporary news stories. [. . .] A tense, oppressive, terrific story.” Review Quote“An objectively raw but shockingly beautiful book. The author gives voice to the victims of totalitarianism, and engages his readers emotionally.” Giá sản phẩm trên Tiki đã bao gồm thuế theo luật hiện hành. Bên cạnh đó, tuỳ vào loại sản phẩm, hình thức và địa chỉ giao hàng mà có thể phát sinh thêm chi phí khác như phí vận chuyển, phụ phí hàng cồng kềnh, thuế nhập khẩu (đối với đơn hàng giao từ nước ngoài có giá trị trên 1 triệu đồng).....