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The eternal audience of one / Rémy Ngamije.
"Reminiscent of Zadie Smith and Michael Chabon, this "gorgeous, wildly funny and, above all, profoundly moving and humane" (Peter Orner, author of Am I Alone Here) coming-of-age tale follows a young man who is forced to flee his homeland of Rwanda during the Civil War and make sense of his reality"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982164423 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 376 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Scout Press hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scout Press, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: Auckland Park, South Africa : Blackbird Books, 2019. |
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| Subject: | Young men > South Africa > Cape Town > Fiction. Cape Town (South Africa) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Bildungsromans. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Ngami | 31681010245934 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Follows the coming-of-age journey of Séraphin as he flees Rwanda during the Civil War and makes sense of his reality as his life intersects with a cast of unforgettable characters, in this provocative tale of family, migration, friendship, war, identity and race. 75,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
"Reminiscent of Zadie Smith and Michael Chabon, this "gorgeous, wildly funny and, above all, profoundly moving and humane" (Peter Orner, author of Am I Alone Here) coming-of-age tale follows a young man who is forced to flee his homeland of Rwanda duringthe Civil War and make sense of his reality"-- - Simon and Schuster
âThe Eternal Audience of One is laugh-out-loud funny with writing that is sometimes so beautiful that it dances off the pageâto a millennial beatâin perfect tempo with its tales of migration, love, loss, and friendship.â âSarah Ladipo Manyika, author of In Dependence
Reminiscent of Zadie Smith and Michael Chabon, this âgorgeous, wildly funny, and, above all, profoundly moving and humaneâ (Peter Orner, author of Am I Alone Here) coming-of-age tale follows a young man who is forced to flee his homeland of Rwanda during the Civil War and make sense of his reality.
Nobody ever makes it to the start of a story, not even the people in it. The most one can do is make some sort of start and then work toward some kind of ending.
One might as well start with Séraphin: playlist-maker, nerd-jock hybrid, self-appointed merchant of cool, Rwandan, stifled and living in Windhoek, Namibia. Soon he will leave the confines of his family life for the cosmopolitan city of Cape Town, in South Africa, where loyal friends, hormone-saturated parties, adventurous conquests, and race controversies await. More than that, his long-awaited final year in law school promises to deliver a crucial puzzle piece of the Great Plan immigrant: a degree from a prestigious university.
But a year is more than the sum of its parts, and en route to the future, the present must be lived through and even the past must be survived.
From one of Africaâs emerging literary voices comes a lyrical and piquant tale of family, migration, friendship, war, identity, and race following the intersecting lives of Séraphin and a host of eclectic characters from pre- and post-1994 Rwanda, colonial and post-independence Windhoek, Paris and Brussels in the 70s, Nairobi public schools, and the racially charged streets of Cape Town.
