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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Concrete Flowers

Concrete Flowers

Lindo, Karen
N'Sondé, Wilfried

Paperback

Series: Global African Voices

Literary Fiction

ISBN10: 0253035597
ISBN13: 9780253035592
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: Aug 1 2018
Pages: 148
Weight: 0.43
Height: 0.34 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Behind the bars on her window, Rosa Maria dreams of sunshine, love, calm, and leaving the city where she lives with her family. She suffers her father's beatings, hides her femininity behind shapeless clothing, and pines for the beautiful Jason as she awaits her opportunity to flee. Meanwhile, her older brother is found dead in a nearby parking lot, and the neighborhood explodes in a riot against the police. Rosa Maria resolves to act before she is devoured by family intrigues and despair. Wilfried N'Sondé's powerful voice creates a palpable sense of the absence of hope and the social and racial isolation that pervade the Paris projects, even as he never abandons the expansive capacity of individuals to dream of better lives beyond a seemingly hopeless reality.

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