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[Imbolo Mbue] ↠ Behold the Dreamers: A Novel ↠ Download Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Behold the Dreamers: A Novel M. JEFFREY MCMAHON said Re-Evaluating the American Dream After Worshipping the Idols of Consumerism. In Imbolo Mbue’s masterful novel, about a married couple from Cameroon fighting to live in America and find the American Dream, there is a scene where the husband Jende, a chauffeur, tells his rich boss, Clark Edwards, a Lehman Brothers executive, that where he is from in Cameroon as you drive upon the Limbe c. Anne Sweeney said Amazing this is the authors first novel.. I hope she's working
| Title | : | Behold the Dreamers: A Novel |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.15 (819 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0812998480 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-09 |
| Language | : | English |
In this wonderful debut novel, we watch events unfold for both families in ways that suggest the American dream might be more fragile than advertised. Mbue is a master of presenting a scene and allowing the reader to see between the lines; the result is the thrill of feeling that, for one of those rare times, we might be able to accurately imagine what it’s like to be someone different from ourselves. Jende has arrived from Cameroon, and after a stint working as a dishwasher he lands a job as the driver for Clark Edwards, an executive who is reaping a fortune at the soon-to-be doomed Lehman Brothers. Clark is rich, but has troubles of his own, and conversations in the car—private ones bet
M. JEFFREY MCMAHON said Re-Evaluating the American Dream After Worshipping the Idols of Consumerism. In Imbolo Mbue’s masterful novel, about a married couple from Cameroon fighting to live in America and find the American Dream, there is a scene where the husband Jende, a chauffeur, tells his rich boss, Clark Edwards, a Lehman Brothers executive, that where he is from in Cameroon as you drive upon the Limbe c. Anne Sweeney said Amazing this is the authors first novel.. I hope she's working on her second book! This is an amazing read. I felt for each character. Sometimes I didn't like them sometimes I did. This means the author made the characters real. True gift. Read this novel you won't be sorry. I think this isn't the last we'll see of this gifted writer. I hope not anyway.. GOALS I'm only half way through this book and loving it! It's a long read but I would recommend it to anyone that's ever had what seemed like a far fetched dream.
It’s a novel that depicts a country both blessed and doomed, on top of the world, but always at risk of losing its balance. As all four lives are dramatically upended, Jende and Neni are forced to make an impossible choice.Praise for Behold the Dreamers“A debut novel by a young woman from Cameroon that illuminates the immigrant experience in America with the tenderhearted wisdom so lacking in our political discourse Mbue is a bright and captivating storyteller.”—The Washington Post “Mbue writes with great confidence and warmth. Clark’s wife, Cindy, even offers Neni temporary work at the Edwardses’ summer home in the Hamptons. However, the world of great power and privilege conceals troubling secrets, and soon Jende and Neni notice cracks in thei
. She holds a BS from Rutgers University and an MA from Columbia University. A resident of the United States for more than a decade, she lives in New York City. Imbolo Mbue is a native of Limbe, Cameroon
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