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Dirty feet / Edem Awumey ; translated from the French by Lazer Lederhendler. by Edem, 1975- House of Anansi Press, 2011. Call #: FICTION EDE Subjects Refugees -- Fiction.   Africans -- France -- Fiction.   Taxicab drivers -- Fiction.   Fathers and sons -- Fiction.   Paris (France) -- Fiction. ISBN:  9780887842443 (trade pbk.) Uniform title:  Les pieds sales. English English. Description:  175 p. ; 21 cm. Notes:  Translation of: Les pieds sales. "Prix Goncourt Finalist"--Cover. Translated from the French. Summary:  As a small child, forced, along with his family, to wander the African desert as if under a curse, driven from home by drought and hunger, then kept from the villages passed through by the fear and suspicion of those who did not want their "dirty feet" to stay for too long, Askia is destined to relive his family's curse night after night as he roams the streets of Paris in his taxi searching for his father, the enigmatic Sidi Ben Sylla Mohammed, who migrated north long before he did; the father he has so often dreamt about; the father whom he aches to meet. But before he can embark on this new journey, he must confront his violent past. A brutal, indelibly powerful look at the harrowing, often violent lives of those who are condemned to wander. Genre:  Canadian fiction. Black fiction. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION EDE Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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