Louis-Philippe Dalembert
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The deaths of unarmed Black male citizens at the hands of police from Eric Garner in New York City in 2015 to George Floyd in Minneapolis in May 2020 provide the inspiration behind Louis-Philippe Dalembert's latest novel, a retelling of events leading up to and after these tragedies. In this moving tribute, the fictionalized main character Emmett and victim of police violence is seen through the eyes of several individuals who were all touched by...
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English
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An epic narrative of three immigrants' exodus from war, famine, poverty, and the ravages of climate change, to Europe in search of a better life. Following the lives of three women in their flight from their respective homelands, this story depicts their struggle and the bond they form together in their attempt to cross the sea via an overcrowded, dilapidated fishing trawler. Based on true events that occurred in the summer of 2014 off the coast of...
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Sabine Wespieser Éditeur
Pub. Date
2019.
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Français
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"À Sabratha, sur la côte libyenne, les surveillants font irruption dans l'entrepôt des femmes. Parmi celles qu'ils rudoient, Chochana, une Nigériane, et Semhar, une Érythréenne. Les deux se sont rencontrées là après des mois d'errance sur les routes du continent. Depuis qu'elles ont quitté leur terre natale, elles travaillent à réunir la somme qui pourra satisfaire l'avidité des passeurs. Ce soir, elles embarquent enfin por la traversée....
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Publisher
Sabine Wespieser éditeur
Pub. Date
2021.
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Français
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Since calling 9-1-1, the Pakistani manager of the convenience store in Franklin Heights, a neighborhood north of Milwaukee, has not slept. His nightmares are filled with black faces screaming 'I can't breathe anymore.' He should never have called the emergency number for a suspicious bank note. But it is too late, and the media around the world keep reminding him of the appalling death of his passing client, suffocated by the knee of a police officer....
