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Concrete Flowers


Concrete Flowers


Global African Voices

von: Wilfried N'Sondé

9,49 €

Verlag: Indiana University Press
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 01.08.2018
ISBN/EAN: 9780253035622
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 148

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<p>Behind the bars on her window, Rosa Maria dreams of sunshine, love, calm, and leaving the city where she lives with her family. She suffers her father's beatings, hides her femininity behind shapeless clothing, and pines for the beautiful Jason as she awaits her opportunity to flee. Meanwhile, her older brother is found dead in a nearby parking lot, and the neighborhood explodes in a riot against the police. Rosa Maria resolves to act before she is devoured by family intrigues and despair. Wilfried N'Sondé's powerful voice creates a palpable sense of the absence of hope and the social and racial isolation that pervade the Paris projects, even as he never abandons the expansive capacity of individuals to dream of better lives beyond a seemingly hopeless reality.</p>
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<p>- Battered by her father, a young woman evolves before being devoured by family and her current situation.</p>
<p>- The theme of hope among the immigrant populations who lived in the Paris projects.</p>
<p>- N'Sondé is an award-winning novelist and recognized by the Prix de Cinq Continents de la Francophonie for creative literature.</p>
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<p>Karen Lindo is a scholar of French and Francophone literatures and currently teaches and translates in Paris.</p>

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