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Cargando... Floating in a most peculiar waypor Louis Chude-Sokei
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Focusing on his childhood and young adult years, Chude-Sokei gives an overview of how black cultures intertwine through parts of the African Diaspora. He has a a first-hand grasp of moving between different cultures and wanting to fit in. Despite the book being a quick read, it leaves a many areas for more in-depth thought and exploration. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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"The astonishing journey of a bright, utterly displaced boy, from the short-lived African nation of Biafra, to Jamaica, to the harshest streets of Los Angeles--a fierce and funny memoir that adds fascinating depth to the coming-to-America story"-- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Chude-Sokei writes in a understated way that eschews a lot of editorialising or setting out lessons learned—even when he's talking about some experiences that the reader has to imagine were personally upsetting, if not traumatising. He also forgoes tangents into, say, the specific histories of Black neighbourhoods in Los Angeles or a timeline of the Biafra War. While this means that some readers may not grasp the full import or context of certain events, as a narrative choice I thought it worked, allowing Chude-Sokei to focus on the immediacy of his personal experiences. ( )