Standing Heavy
Gauz
"One of those rare, transformative novels" KARIM MISKE"Funny and
poignant" TIFFANY TSAO, author of The MajestiesInitially a little
intrigued, all babies eventually return the security guard’s smile.
The security guard adores babies. Perhaps because babies do not
shoplift.
Babies adore the security guard. Perhaps because he
does not drag babies to the sales. The 1960s - Ferdinand arrives in
Paris from Cote d’Ivoire, ready to take on the world and become a big
somebody.
The 1990s - It is the Golden Age of immigration, and
Ossiri and Kassoum navigate a Paris on the brink of momentous change.
The 2010s - In a Sephora on the Champs-Elysees, the all-seeing eyes of a
security guard observes the habits of those who come to worship at this
church to consumerism. Amidst the political bickering of the
inhabitants of the Residence for Students from Cote d’Ivoire and the
ever-changing landscape of French immigration policy, Ferdinand, Ossiri
and Kassoum, two generations of Ivoirians, attempt to make their way as
undocumented workers, taking shifts as security at a flour mill.
Sharply satirical, political and poignant, Standing Heavy is a
searingly witty deconstruction of colonial legacies and capitalist
consumption, an unprecedented and unforgettable account of everything
that passes under a security guard’s gaze. Translated from the French
by Frank Wynne"Inventive and very funny" Guardian"A compact, humane
satire" Financial Times
Kustantaja: UKBooks
Sidosasu: Pehmeäkantinen
ean: 9781529414431
Ilmestymisvuosi: 2023
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