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Born a crime : stories from a South African childhood
Author
Title
Born a crime : stories from a South African childhood / Trevor Noah.
ISBN
9780399588174
0399588175
9780399590443
0399590447
9780399588181
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York : Spiegel & Grau, [2016]
Physical Description
x, 288 pages ; 25 cm.
Summary
"The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man's coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed,"--Amazon.com.
Noah's path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother, at the time such a union was punishable by five years in prison. As he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist, his mother is determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life. With an incisive wit and unflinching honesty, Noah weaves together a moving yet searingly funny portrait of a boy making his way through a damaged world in a dangerous time.
Variant and related titles
Stories from a South African childhood.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 09, 2016
Contents
Run
Born a Crime
Trevor, Pray
Chameleon
The Second Girl
Loopholes
Fufi
Robert
The Mulberry Tree
A Young Man's Long, Awkward, Occasionally Tragic, and Frequently Humiliating Education in Affairs of the Heart, Part I: Valentine's Day
Outsider
A Young Man's Long, Awkward, Occasionally Tragic, and Frequently Humiliating Education in Affairs of the Heart, Part II: The Crush
Colorblind
A Young Man's Long, Awkward, Occasionally Tragic, and Frequently Humiliating Education in Affairs of the Heart, Part III: The Dance
Go Hitler!
The Cheese Boys
The World Doesn't Love You
My Mother's List.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Autobiographies.
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