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Standing Heavy
Paperback
Series: Biblioasis International Translation, Book 42
General FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher Price: $16.95
ISBN13: 9781771966009
Publisher: Biblioasis
Published: Oct 3 2023
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.71 Width: 4.88 Depth: 7.72
Language: English
Awards: Man Booker International Prize
Winner of the 2023 Scott Moncrieff Translation Prize - Shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize - One of The Walrus' Best Fall Books of 2023
A funny, fast-paced, and poignant take on Franco-African history, as told through the eyes of three African security guards in Paris.
All over the city, they are watching: Black men paid to stand guard, invisible among the wealthy flâneurs and yet the only ones who truly see. From Les Grands Moulins to a Sephora on the Champs-Élysées, Ferdinand, Ossiri, and Kassoum find their way as undocumented workers amidst political infighting and the ever-changing landscape of immigration policy. Fast-paced and funny, poignant and sharply satirical, Standing Heavy is a searing deconstruction of colonial legacies and capitalist consumption and an unforgettable account of everything that passes under the security guards' all-seeing eyes.
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