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Mauricio Segura - Black Alley, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

Black Alley

Av Mauricio Segura

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In the Cote-des-Neiges region of Montreal, the first stop for many new immigrants, live people of more than 100 nationalities. Two recent arrivals, Marcelo, the sensitive son of Chilean refugees, and Cleo, a shy boy from Haiti, must choose as adults whether to be united by childhood friendship, or divided by race. A seminal statement about multicultural societies. Translated from the French.
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Mauricio Segura: Mauricio Segura was born in Temuco, Chile in 1969 and immigrated to Quebec with his parents as a child. He studied economics at the Universite de Montreal and French literature at McGill University. The author of two novels and a book about French perceptions of Latin America, Segura lives in Montreal, where he is well known as a journalist and commentator on immigrant issues. Dawn M. Cornelio: Dawn M. Cornelio is Associate Professor of French at the University of Guelph, Ontario. She has published numerous articles on contemporary French fiction and literary translation, and has translated Jean-Michel Maulpoix's poetry collection A Matter of Blue and Rafaele Germain's novels Gin & Tonic & Cucumbers and Pink Bra & Black Jacket.

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"Black Alley is a distinctly refreshing reading experience."-Quill & Quire "Segura's greatest strength as a novelist lies in his tightly focused narration"-Words Without Borders "Segura has brilliantly juxtaposed innocence with violence in order to heighten the tragedy of his story, and the result is devastating."-Montreal Review of Books "Segura's style adds freshness and immediacy"-Rover "a well written, well wrought tale that grabs your attention and does not let go"-Argo Bookshop

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