ONLY THE LIE IS TRUE
Will be published approx. on 5. January 2027
Book
Paperback/Softback
300 pages
978-1-63964-087-4 (ISBN)
Description
ONLY THE LIE IS TRUE is the harrowing story of an immigrant and her struggle to reach freedom across the Mediterranean, far from the oppression and violence of her home country, Nigeria. Moreover, the protagonist of this first novel, Nour, is in transition from male to female, one of many queer and transgendered people fleeing from certain imprisonment, torture, and possibly death from a society where to claim such an identity is forbidden and illegal. This novel, based on a true story of a transgender immigrant, provides the chilling detail the realities of the immigrant detention camps, the smugglers and their compatriots who prey on the naivete of the refugees, and the complex network of trust and betrayal that makes up the world of the camp operations. Nour is a fiery protagonist who must first join forces with the smuggling operation in order to obtain freedom, all while maintaining her tenuous disguise as a man.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Tucson
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 139 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-63964-087-4 (9781639640874)
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Malik Sam (nom de plume) Malik Sam was born in France to a French mother and a Tunisian father, and grew up in Tunisia in a family steeped in poetic and musical culture. He returned to Paris as a young man to complete his higher education at the Sorbonne. After graduating with a degree in LEA English/Arabic. and fluency in four languages: Italian, French, English and Arabic he first worked as a translator, and subsequently joined the French rock band No Mans Land, as the group's new guitarist, singer and songwriter. After a successful career as a musician, Malik turned to writing fiction. Marjolijn de Jager is an award-winning translator and scholar of francophone and African literature. She is the English-language translator of Beyrouk's novel Pariahs, published in 2023 by Schaffner Press, as well as works by Yasmine Ghata, Emmanuel Dongala, Louis-Philippe Dalembert, and is a recipient of the Villa Albertine Award for excellence in translation.