ISBN: 9781609456726
Editorial: Europa Editions
Autor: Sarr, Mohamed Mbougar
Año de edición: 2021
N° Paginas: 208
Tipo de pasta: Pasta blanda
Descripción: WINNER of the French Voices Grand Prize, Prix Ahmadou Kourouma, and Grand Prix du Roman MétisMohamed Mbougar Sarr's searing and thought-provoking debut novel, Brotherhood takes place in the imaginary town of Kalep, where a fundamentalist Islamist government has spread its brutal authority.Under the regime of the so-called Brotherhood, two young people are publicly executed for having loved each other. In response, their mothers begin a secret correspondence, their only outlet for the grief they share and each woman's personal reckoning with a leadership that would take her beloved child's life.At the same time, spurred on by their indignation at what seems to be an escalation of The Brotherhood's brutality, a band of intellectuals and free-thinkers seeks to awaken the conscience of the cowed populace and foment rebellion by publishing an underground newspaper. While they grapple with the implications of what they have done, the regime's brutal leader begins a personal crusade to find the responsible parties, and bring them to his own sense of justice.In this brilliant analysis of tyranny and brutality, Mbougar Sarr explores the ways in which resistance and heroism can often give way to cowardice, all while giving voice to the moral ambiguities and personal struggles involved in each of his characters' search to impose the values they hold most dear. Críticas "Sarr's prose soars... A novel that concerns itself with finding freedom where there seems to be none."--The New York Times Book Review★ "Haunting philosophical questions demonstrate Sarr's powers, and his story succeeds in speaking to both the reader's head and heart. This introduces a vital new voice to American readers."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Sarr pays moving tribute to the courage of everyday people with this examination of survival and sacrifice."--Booklist"Mohamed Mbougar Sarr's first novel is a master stroke."--L'Humanité"Reminiscent of novels by 19th century masters, Sarr's novel is tense, gripping, terrific."--Le Temps"A raw but shockingly beautiful book. The author gives voice to the victims of totalitarianism in this emotionally engaging debut."--Sololibri"Sarr display(s) uncanny abilities to transport the reader into the lives of oppressed groups - the peaceful Muslims of Kalep -- showing just how unfair and cruel life has been for some of them."--On the Seawall Biografía del autor Mohamed Mbougar Sarr was born in Dakar in 1990. He studied literature and philosophy at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. Brotherhood, his first novel, won the Grand Prix du Roman Métis, the Prix Ahmadou Kourouma, and the French Voices Grand Prize, in Alexia Trigo's translation. He was named Chevalier of the National Order of Merit by the president of Senegal.Alexia Trigo has her Masters in Philosophy from Columbia University. Brotherhood will be her first published translation.
- Idioma: Inglés
- Autor: Sarr, Mohamed Mbougar
- Editorial: Europa Editions
- N° Paginas: 208
- Tipo de pasta: Pasta blanda
- Envío: Desde EE.UU.
