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Standing Heavy: Shortlisted For The International Booker Prize 2023

Name: Standing Heavy: Shortlisted For The International Booker Prize 2023
SKU: 9781529414431
Price: 16.8000 EUR
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By (author) Gauz', Translated by Frank Wynne

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A bitingly satirical novel about undocumented security guards in Paris: for fans of Sam Selvon and George Orwell.

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African politics black experience colonialism consumerism Cote d'Ivoire decolonisation down and out in paris and london france french literature george orwell humour illegal immigrants immigration Ivorian literature Ivory Coast jobs literary fiction minimum wage observational comedy oxford-weidenfeld prize Paris Politics post-colonial Race racism Sam Selvon Satire security guard shopping surveillance the lonely londoners undocumented immigrants work

ISBN: 9781529414431

Book Format: Paperback / softback

Pages: 176

Dimensions: 13 × 2 × 19.6 cm

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Format Paperback / softback | 176 pages
Dimensions 13 × 2 × 19.6 cm | 126
Publication Date 26 May 2022
Publisher Quercus Publishing
Publication City/Country United Kingdom

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Gauz

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GauZ' is an Ivorian author, journalist and screenwriter. After studying biochemistry, he moved to Paris as an undocumented student, working as a security guard before returning to the Cote d'Ivoire. His first novel, Standing Heavy, came out in 2014 and won the Prix des libraires Gibert Joseph, and was followed by Comrade Papa, which won the 2019 Prix Ethiophile, and Black Manoo. GauZ' is the edito r-in-chief of the satirical economic newspaper News & co, and has written screenplays and documentary films. Frank Wynne is an award-winning writer and translator. His previous translations include works by Virginie Despentes, Javier Cercas, Mathias Enard, Michel Houllebecq and Pierre Lemaitre. He chaired the jury of the 2022 Booker International. Most recently his translation of The Art of Losing won the 2022 Dublin Literary Award.

Frank Wynne

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