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Author: Faiza Guene ,
Sarah Ardizzone
Publisher: Saqi Books
Imprint: Saqi Books
Dimensions:
Width: 12.90cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.250kg
ISBN: 9780863569760
ISBN 10: 0863569765
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 25 May 2023
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Best Summer Books of 2022 - Fiction in Translation-- Financial Times; 'Wonderful. A vivid, soulful novel. Guene's Paris is a place of grifting and grafting where young rebels rub up against calcified traditions. This is a writer at the height of her powers, addressing issues of migration and belonging with defiance, zest and humour.'-Bidisha; 'Faiza Guene iis an important voice in French literature, rebelliously dissecting ideas of home, identity and belonging with a universally accessible intimacy and power.'--Diana Evans; 'One of the hottest literary talents of multicultural Europe.'--Sunday Telegraph; 'Guene is too important a writer to dismiss ... she deserves to be heard.'-Independent;'It's not an exaggeration to suggest that Guene is doing for the people, especially the youth, of the banlieu what James Kelman and Agnes Owens have done for the deprived of Glasgow's housing schemes; that is, give a voice to those who have been excluded from literature ... a natural novelist, a young writer of real talent.' -Scotsman; 'This is a rich novel, full of insight into cultural tropes, racial prejudice, consumerism, shameful colonial history but also infused with sheer human warmth and humour. It is a tightrope walk that Faiza Guene carries off with grace.'--BookOxygen
"'Faiza Guene is an important voice in French literature, rebelliously dissecting ideas of home, identity and belonging with a universally accessible intimacy and power.' -- Diana Evans ""Haunting .. Clear-eyed but tender, every page is filled with insight. "" * Herald Scotland * ""Guene is a masterful storyteller who can say so much in just a few sentences"" * Arab News * 'It's not an exaggeration to suggest that Guéne is doing for the people, especially the youth, of the banlieu what James Kelman and Agnes Owens have done for the deprived of Glasgow's housing schemes: that is, give a voice to those who have been excluded from literature ... Guéne is very evidently a natural novelist, a young writer of real talent' -- Allan Massie * The Scotsman *"
Author Information
Faiza Guene is a bestselling and award-winning French Algerian writer and director. Spotted at a writing workshop at the age of eighteen, she made an astonishing literary debut with her international bestseller, Kiffe kiffe demain (Just Like Tomorrow), which has been translated into more than thirty languages. Her other novels in English include Dreams from the Endz, Bar Balto, and Men Don't Cry. Guene has acquired a reputation as one of France's most unique contemporary literary voices. She has directed several short films and is a co-writer on Disney Star's mini-series Oussekine (forthcoming May 2022). Sarah Ardizzone has translated more than fifty titles from around the French-speaking world, including by Daniel Pennac, Gael Faye, Alain Mabanckou and Yasmina Reza. Her translation of Faiza Guene's Kiffe-Kiffe Demain (Just Like Tomorrow) won the Scott Moncrieff Prize and the IBBY UK Honour title, and was shortlisted for the Young Minds Book Award and longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
