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Lädt ... The Gurugu Pledgevon Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel
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Praise forBy Night the Mountain Burns: "A delightfully candid, deceptively sober narrative voice."--Helen Oyeyemi, author ofWhat is Not Yours is Not Yours "A poignant novel by one of Equatorial Guinea's most celebrated authors . . . fascinating."--Publishers Weekly "Survival, hope and despair wrestle in this surprising work by Equatorial Guinea's leading author."--Financial Times On Mount Gurugu, overlooking the Spanish enclave of Melilla on the North African coast, desperate migrants gather before attempting to scale the city's walls and gain asylum on European soil. Inspired by firsthand accounts, Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel has written an urgent novel, by turns funny and sad, bringing a distinctly African perspective to a major issue of our time. Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel was born in 1966 in Equatorial Guinea.The Gurugu Pledge is his second novel, and follows his 2015 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize-shortlisted debutBy Night The Mountain Burns, which was based on his memories of growing up on the remote island of Annobón. He made headlines in 2011 by embarking on a hunger strike, in an anti-government protest. He now lives exiled in Barcelona. Jethro Soutar translates from Spanish and Portuguese. He has translated Argentinian and Brazilian crime novels, written two nonfiction books of his own, and recently co-editedThe Football Crónicas, a collection of football writing from Latin America. He divides his time between London and Lisbon. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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A la frontière entre le Maroc et l'enclave espagnole de Melilla s'élève le mont Gourougou, où sont réfugiés des centaines de migrants d'Afrique noire attendant de pouvoir poser le pied en Europe. De cette communauté improvisée, on découvre l'organisation du quotidien, les histoires échangées pour tromper l'ennui, les vices, les jeux, mais aussi la lutte pour échapper aux autorités. Jusqu'à l'explosion de ce fragile équilibre, quand certains commerces entre hommes et femmes, tenus secrets jusque-là, sont révélés au grand jour...
Entre conte et récit de survie, Sur le mont Gourougou est un texte puissant et sans pathos, qui évoque l'immigration africaine en Europe en donnant la parole aux migrants eux-mêmes.