Some Dream For Fools

Informationen zum Autor FAÏZA GUÈNE,  the child of Algerian immigrants, grew up in the public housing projects of Pantin, outside Paris. Klappentext Ahlème, a young woman living on the outskirts of Paris, is trying to make a life out of the dreams she brought with her from Algeria and the reality she faces every day. Her father lost his job after an accident at his construction site. Her mother was lost to a massacre in Algeria. And her brother, Foued, boils with adolescent energy and teeters dangerously close to choosing a life of crime. As she wanders the streets of Paris looking for work, Ahlème negotiates the disparities between her dreams and her life, her youth and her responsibilities, the expectations of those back home and the limitations of life in France. With the same laugh-out-loud, razor-sharp humor that made Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow an international hit, Some Dream for Fools shows Faïza Guène's evolution as a novelist and reminds us of her extraordinary talent as she explores what happens to people when a lid is put on their dreams. Zusammenfassung Ahlème, a young woman living on the outskirts of Paris, is trying to make a life out of the dreams she brought with her from Algeria and the reality she faces every day. Her father lost his job after an accident at his construction site. Her mother was lost to a massacre in Algeria. And her brother, Foued, boils with adolescent energy and teeters dangerously close to choosing a life of crime.   As she wanders the streets of Paris looking for work, Ahlème negotiates the disparities between her dreams and her life, her youth and her responsibilities, the expectations of those back home and the limitations of life in France.   With the same laugh-out-loud, razor-sharp humor that made Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow an international hit, Some Dream for Fools shows Faïza Guène’s evolution as a novelist and reminds us of her extraordinary talent as she explores what happens to people when a lid is put on their dreams. ...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Faiza Guene, Faïza Guène
• Collaboration: Jenna Johnson (Traduction), Jenna Johnson -. Duplicate (Traduction)
• Edition: Harper Perennial USA
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 09.08.2010
• EAN: 9780156032926
• ISBN: 978-0-15-603292-6
• Pages: 176
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); Historical fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Anthologies: general, Fiction: general and literary, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Historical / General, FICTION: Coming of Age, FICTION: Classics, FICTION: Cultural Heritage, DRAMA: European / French, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: European / French, FICTION: World Literature / France / 21st Century, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction: general and literary