Take This Man: A Novel - Couverture souple

Zeniter, Alice

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1609450531 ISBN 13 : 9781609450533

Editeur : Europa Editions, 2011

Synopsis

Today, Alice is going to marry Mad. They have been friends since childhood. They have played together, cried together, and taken stands against injustice together. Today, Alice is going to marry Mad–not because after years of friendship they have suddenly become romantically involved, but because Alice is white and French, and Mad is neither. Despite having spent almost his entire life in France, Mad, born in Mali, is now being threatened with deportation. Today, Alice is going to marry Mad–because getting married seems the only possible solution to Mad's predicament. Today, Alice is going to marry Mad, and for Alice this step marks the end of adolescence, the end of her years of innocence and the start of adulthood. 

In lyrical and colloquial prose, Alice Zeniter tells a tender generational story about love, politics, rebellion, and friendship. Take This Man is a delightful work of fiction by a talented young author.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alice Zeniter published her first novel at the age of sixteen. Take this Man won the Prix de la Porte Dorée, awarded to works of literature that address questions of exile, immigration and citizenship. She lives in Paris.

Alison Anderson's translations for Europa Editions include novels by Sélim Nassib, Amélie Nothomb, and Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt. She is the translator of The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Europa, 2008) and The Life of the Elves (Europa, 2016) by Muriel Barbery.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Europa Editions
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1609450531
• ISBN 13: 9781609450533
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible