Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 15 noi 2016
O mamă își aruncă fiul dintr-un microbuz aflat în plină viteză pentru a-i salva viața de un grup de bărbați violenți, iar apoi cei doi se ridică, se scutură de praf și merg la biserică. Această dramatizare viscerală deschide Born a Crime, un volum de memorii care transformă supraviețuirea într-o formă de artă narativă. Găsim în această carte nu doar ascensiunea unui comic de talie mondială, ci o investigație onestă asupra absurdității sistemice. Stilul lui Trevor Noah este cel al unui povestitor înnăscut, care folosește umorul nu pentru a masca trauma, ci pentru a o diseca și a o face suportabilă. Apreciem modul în care autorul navighează prin complexitatea identității sale: fiind „născut o crimă”, el a petrecut primii ani ascuns în casă, o dovadă vie a unei infracțiuni într-o Africă de Sud divizată. Narativul amintește de Blood Orange de Troy Blacklaws prin intensitatea cu care reconstituie atmosfera sufocantă a apartheidului văzută prin ochii unui copil, însă acolo unde Blacklaws înclină spre melancolie, Noah alege satira tăioasă. Dacă în lucrarea sa mai recentă, Into the Uncut Grass, autorul explorează conexiunea umană prin prisma unei fabule ilustrate, Born a Crime rămâne ancora sa autobiografică, o explorare brută a relației simbiotice cu mama sa. Credem că forța acestui volum rezidă în capacitatea de a vorbi despre foame, rasism și abuz fără a sacrifica nuanța sau speranța, oferind o perspectivă rară asupra modului în care limbajul și râsul devin instrumente de eliberare.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0399588175
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 161 x 244 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: Random House
De ce să citești această carte
Recomandăm această carte oricui dorește să înțeleagă realitatea apartheidului dincolo de manualele de istorie. Cititorul câștigă o lecție magistrală despre reziliență și puterea educației, totul livrat cu inteligența specifică unui gazde de talk-show. Este o lectură esențială pentru cei care apreciază memoriile care îmbină analiza socială cu povești personale incredibile, fiind în același timp o odă emoționantă adusă sacrificiului matern.
Despre autor
Trevor Noah (născut la 20 februarie 1984, Johannesburg) este un comedian, prezentator TV și comentator politic sud-african, recunoscut la nivel global pentru perioada de șapte ani în care a găzduit „The Daily Show” pe Comedy Central. Cariera sa a început în Africa de Sud în 2002, evoluând rapid de la roluri de prezentator la propriul talk-show, „Tonight with Trevor Noah”. În 2018, revista Time l-a inclus în lista celor mai influenți 100 de oameni din lume. Pe lângă succesul în televiziune și stand-up, Noah este un autor distins și un filantrop activ, înființând Fundația Trevor Noah pentru a sprijini accesul la educație al tinerilor defavorizați din țara sa natală.
Descriere scurtă
Trevor Noah s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the earliest years of his life, bound by the extreme and often absurd measures his mother took to hide him from a government that could, at any moment, steal him away. Finally liberated by the end of South Africa s tyrannical white rule, Trevor and his mother set forth on a grand adventure, living openly and freely and embracing the opportunities won by a centuries-long struggle.
Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. It is also the story of that young man s relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mother his teammate, a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life.
The stories collected here are by turns hilarious, dramatic, and deeply affecting. Whether subsisting on caterpillars for dinner during hard times, being thrown from a moving car during an attempted kidnapping, or just trying to survive the life-and-death pitfalls of dating in high school, Trevor illuminates his curious world with an incisive wit and unflinching honesty. His stories weave together to form a moving and searingly funny portrait of a boy making his way through a damaged world in a dangerous time, armed only with a keen sense of humor and a mother s unconventional, unconditional love.
Advance praise for Born a Crime
A] substantial collection of staggering personal essays . . . Incisive, funny, and vivid, these true tales are anchored to his portrait of his courageous, rebellious, and religious mother who defied racially restrictive laws to secure an education and a career for herself and to have a child with a white Swiss/German even though sex between whites and blacks was illegal. . . . Trevor Noah s] electrifying memoir sparkles with funny stories . . . and his candid and compassionate essays deepen our perception of the complexities of race, gender, and class. Booklist(starred review)
A gritty memoir . . . studded with insight and provocative social criticism . . . with flashes of brilliant storytelling and acute observations. Kirkus Reviews"
Descriere
One of the comedy world's brightest new voices, Trevor Noah is a light-footed but sharp-minded observer of the absurdities of politics, race and identity, sharing jokes and insights drawn from the wealth of experience acquired in his relatively young life. As host of the US hit show The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, he provides viewers around the globe with their nightly dose of biting satire, but here Noah turns his focus inward, giving readers a deeply personal, heartfelt and humorous look at the world that shaped him.
Noah was born a crime, son of a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother, at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents' indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the first years of his life, bound by the extreme and often absurd measures his mother took to hide him from a government that could, at any moment, take him away.
A collection of eighteen personal stories, Born a Crime tells the story of a mischievous young boy growing into a restless young man as he struggles to find his place in a world where he was never supposed to exist. Born a Crime is equally the story of that young man's fearless, rebellious and fervently religious mother - a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence and abuse that ultimately threatens her own life.
Whether subsisting on caterpillars for dinner during hard times, being thrown from a moving car during an attempted kidnapping, or just trying to survive the life-and-death pitfalls of dating in high school, Noah illuminates his curious world with an incisive wit and an unflinching honesty. His stories weave together to form a personal portrait of an unlikely childhood in a dangerous time, as moving and unforgettable as the very best memoirs and as funny as Noah's own hilarious stand-up. Born a Crime is a must read.