Description: Further DetailsTitle: 39 Berne StreetCondition: NewISBN-10: 0253064929EAN: 9780253064929ISBN: 9780253064929Publisher: Indiana University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 03/07/2023Description: "My mother says that there are things in life that she can't forgive . . ." At age 16, Dipita's mother, Mbila, arrived in Switzerland from Cameroon. Trafficked into Europe, she supported herself and her son as a prostitute in Geneva. Dipita, now a young, black, gay man serving a five-year sentence in a Swiss prison, shares their story and his own search for purpose. He intertwines their stories with the life of Uncle Démoney, a former civil servant in Cameroon, who staked everything on sending his sister to Switzerland. 39 Berne Street explores the complex themes of prostitution, immigration, and homosexuality through a fluid and expressive prose that makes it ring true. Originally published in French, it won the Prix du Roman des Romands in 2014. Max Lobe's 39 Berne Street vividly describes the unforgivable actions visited by family members upon family members in desperate bids for survival and contentment in the midst of Dipita's struggle toward forgiveness and acceptance.Language: FrenchCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 216mmItem Length: 140mmAuthor: Max Lobe, Max Lobé, Johanna McCalmontTranslator: Johanna McCalmontContributor: Johanna McCalmont (Translated by)Genre: FictionBook Series: Global African VoicesType: Contemporary FictionRelease Year: 2023 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: 39 Berne Street
Title: 39 Berne Street
ISBN-10: 0253064929
EAN: 9780253064929
ISBN: 9780253064929
Release Date: 03/07/2023
Release Year: 2023
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Translator: Johanna McCalmont
Contributor: Johanna McCalmont (Translated by)
Series: Global African Voices
Type: Contemporary Fiction
Book Title: 39 Berne Street
Number of Pages: 156 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Topic: Literary
Publication Year: 2023
Item Height: 0.7 in
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 7.4 Oz
Author: Max Lobe
Item Length: 8.5 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Book Series: Global African Voices Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
