Whites Can Dance Too

Hours before performing at one of Europe''s most iconic music festivals, Kalaf Epalanga is detained at the border on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant. Trapped, his thoughts soon thrum to the beat of kuduro and to the porous nature of borders. An exhilarating debut novel, and translated by the award-winning Daniel Hahn, Whites Can Dance Too is Epalanga''s reflection on and celebration of the music of his homeland, the intertwining of cultural roots, and freedom and love. ''Electrifying . . . so compelling and visceral.'' Maaza Mengiste ''Hugely original.'' Johny Pitts

Product details

• Authors: Kalaf Epalanga
• Assisted by: Daniel Hahn (Translation), Hahn Daniel (Translation)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.06.2024, delayed
• EAN: 9780571371440
• ISBN: 978-0-571-37144-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); FICTION / Biographical, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, Fiction in translation, Other global and regional music styles, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction