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Standing Heavy

Gauz
ID 462415
Slug standing-heavy
Contributors
Annotation
Description The 1960s - Ferdinand arrives in Paris from Côte d'Ivoire, ready to take on the world and become a big somebody.<br />The 1990s - It is the Golden Age of immigration, and Ossiri and Kassoum navigate a Paris on the brink of momentous change.<br />The 2010s - In a Sephora on the Champs-Élysées, the all-seeing eyes of a security guard observes the habits of those who come to worship at this church to consumerism.<br />Amidst the political bickering of the inhabitants of the Residence for Students from Côte d'Ivoire and the ever-changing landscape of French immigration policy, Ferdinand, Ossiri and Kassoum, two generations of Ivoirians, attempt to make their way as undocumented workers, taking shifts as security at a flour mill.<br />Sharply satirical, political and poignant, Standing Heavy is a searingly witty deconstruction of colonial legacies and capitalist consumption, an unprecedented and unforgettable account of everything that passes under a security guard's gaze.
Genres
Subjects
300 Literaire fictie algemeen NUR
NSTC
Publisher Hachette Collections
Imprint
Language eng
Page count 167
Duration
Publication date first 2022-05-30
Publication date latest 2022-05-30
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  • ISBN: 9781529414431 (BC)

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