A nameless young man lives in the housing projects outside of Paris. When he was a child, his parents moved with him from the Congo to France, hoping in vain to escape poverty and violence. His best friend, Drissa, is in a psychiatric hospital and now Mireille, his girlfriend, the woman with whom he has shared his childhood and hopes, has left him to reconnect with her Jewish roots in Israel. During a night out to drown the pain of his heartache, there is a fight with a policeman, the policeman dies, and the young man is arrested and taken to jail. Between police beatings and abrupt...
A nameless young man lives in the housing projects outside of Paris. When he was a child, his parents moved with him from the Congo to France, hopi...
What are the limits of empathy and forgiveness? How can someone with a shameful past find a new path that allows for both healing and reckoning? When Clovis and Christelle find themselves face-to-face on a train heading to the outskirts of Paris, their unexpected encounter propels them on a cathartic journey toward understanding the other, mediated by their respective histories of violence. Clovis, a young undocumented African, struggles with the pain and shame of his brutal childhood, abusive exploits as a child soldier, and road to exile. Christelle, a young French nurse, has her own...
What are the limits of empathy and forgiveness? How can someone with a shameful past find a new path that allows for both healing and reckoning? Wh...
N'Sonde's powerful voice resonates loudly in Concrete Flowers. This novel tells the story of Rosa Maria, who feels lost in the brutal and racially charged city of Paris. Rosa's coming-of-age journey reveals an individual's expansive capacity to dream of a better life.
N'Sonde's powerful voice resonates loudly in Concrete Flowers. This novel tells the story of Rosa Maria, who feels lost in the brutal and racially cha...
