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Read [Trevor Noah Book] * Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood Online ! PDF eBook or Kindle ePUB free. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 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. 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 th
| Title | : | Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.85 (883 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0399588175 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-13 |
| Language | : | English |
“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.&rdqu
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. 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. 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 togeth
Trevor Noah is a comedian from South Africa.From the eBook edition.
Bee said A Treasure. I am generally a pretty critical reader, and it's almost embarrassing to write such a glowing review, but I can say without reservation that this book is a treasure. (And no, I am not a friend of the family. I haven't even watched him on The Daily Show, although I'll probably start to watch now.) Trevor Noah is a superb storyteller, and this memoir is his eloquent and touching account of growing up as the mixed race child of a single mother, living in poverty in deeply racist and sexist South Africa. He provides an inside look at a life very different from what almost anyone ha. Tough love and other terrors of growin up biracial in South Africa Stephen O. Murray As someone who watches network tv not at all, I had no idea who Trevor Noah was when I started to read Born a Crime, and the “About the Author” art of prepublication copy I received from Amazon is blank. I have no idea how the wry self-deprecation of his memoir growing up an anomaly (whose very existence was evidence of criminal race-mixing) compares to his stand-up routines. The memoir is not jokey. It is filled with ironies about the absurdity not only of apartheid South Africa, but of the post-apartheid state, in particular the sexism (and racism) of the criminal
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