Born a crime

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 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



NAMED ONE OF PASTE'S BEST MEMOIRS OF THE DECADE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Michiko Kakutani, New York Times • USA Today • San Francisco Chronicle • NPR • Esquire • Newsday • Booklist



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.



Praise for Born a Crime



"[A] compelling new memoir . . . By turns alarming, sad and funny, [Trevor Noah's] book provides a harrowing look, through the prism of Mr. Noah's family, at life in South Africa under apartheid. . . . Born a Crime is not just an unnerving account of growing up in South Africa under apartheid, but a love letter to the author's remarkable mother."-Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times



"[An] unforgettable memoir."-Parade



"What makes Born a Crime such a soul-nourishing pleasure, even with all its darker edges and perilous turns, is reading Noah recount in brisk, warmly conversational prose how he learned to negotiate his way through the bullying and ostracism. . . . What also helped was having a mother like Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah. . . . Consider Born a Crime another such gift to her-and an enormous gift to the rest of us."-USA Today



"[Noah] thrives with the help of his astonishingly fearless mother. . . . Their fierce bond makes this story soar."-People

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1 new york times bestseller more than one million copies sold a brilliant lupita nyong o time poignant entertainment weekly soul nourishing usa today memoir about coming of age during the twilight of apartheid noah s childhood stories are told with all the hilarity and Uiterlijk 24 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

Born a Crime

Rating: 4.9 / 5 | Prijs: € 7.99

1 new york times bestseller more than one million copies sold a brilliant lupita nyong o time poignant entertainment weekly soul nourishing usa today memoir about coming of age during the twilight of apartheid noah s childhood stories are told with all the h Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 19 september 2017

Aantal pagina's: 304

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Trevor Noah

Tweede Auteur: Maren John

Hoofduitgeverij: Random House LCC US

Originele titel: Cornelsen Senior English Library - Literatur - Ab 11. Schuljahr: Born a Crime - Textband mit Annotationen

AI-gegenereerd: Nee

Editie: 1

Product breedte: 131 mm

Product hoogte: 17 mm

Product lengte: 202 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 131 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 20 mm

Verpakking lengte: 204 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 224 g

eWaste: Nee

EAN: 9780525509028

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