I was an elephant salesman
Graziella Parati · 2010
על הספר
"Through the voice of a thinly veiled first-person narrator, Pap Khouma offers us a chilling, intimate, and often ironic glimpse into the life of an illegal immigrant. Khouma invents a life for himself as an itinerant trader of carved elephants, small ivories, and other "African" trinkets, struggling to maintain courage and dignity in the face of despair and humiliation. Constantly on the run from the authorities, he finds insight into the vicissitudes of law and politics, the constraints of citizenship, national borders, skin color, and the often paralyzing difficulties of obtaining basic human needs. His story reveals a contemporary Europe struggling to come to terms with its multiracial, multireligious, and multicultural identity"--Page 4 of cover
פרטי הספר
- שנה
- 2010
- שפה
- English
- הוצאה
- Indiana University Press
- מהדורות
- 2
- עמודים
- 158
- ISBN
- 9780253004604
מקור הנתונים: Wikidata
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