So Distant From My Life
Published on 27. October 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
119 pages
978-1-911284-80-2 (ISBN)
Description
"Jeanphi, a young man from the fictional West African city Ouabany, has one obsession that will determine the fate of his life - migration. He scrapes together money to take the illegal route across the Sahara, making it as far as Morocco before being repatriated. Increasingly desperate, Jeanphi meets an elegant French widower who for his part is despairing at the insurmountable bureaucratic hurdles for his charitable endeavour in Jeanphi's country. A window opens to opportunity - but it will also bring tragedy."--Publisher.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 125 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
122 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-911284-80-2 (9781911284802)
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Monique Ilboudo is an author and human rights activist from Burkina Faso, the first woman to publish a novel in her country, and a major figure in Francophone African literature. Yarri Kamara is an emerging translator from Sierra Leone and Uganda who now lives in Burkina Faso. This will be her first book-length translation into English.