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Noah, Trevor, 1984-
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Noah, Trevor, 1984- -- Juvenile literature.
Comedians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Comedians -- South Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Comedians, Black -- South Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Television personalities -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Television personalities, Black -- South Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Comedians -- Juvenile literature.
Television personalities -- Juvenile literature.
Racially mixed children -- South Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- South Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
South African wit and humor -- Juvenile literature.
Apartheid -- South Africa -- Juvenile literature.
South Africa -- Social conditions -- 1961- -- Juvenile literature
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Noah, Trevor, 1984-
Noah, Trevor, 1984- -- Juvenile literature.
Comedians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Comedians -- South Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Comedians, Black -- South Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Television personalities -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Television personalities, Black -- South Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Comedians -- Juvenile literature.
Television personalities -- Juvenile literature.
Racially mixed children -- South Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- South Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
South African wit and humor -- Juvenile literature.
Apartheid -- South Africa -- Juvenile literature.
South Africa -- Social conditions -- 1961- -- Juvenile literature
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It's Trevor Noah : born a crime : stories from a South African childhood / Trevor Noah.
by
Noah, Trevor, 1984-
Delacorte Press, c2019.
Call #:
792
.7028092
N739i
Subjects
Noah, Trevor, 1984- -- Juvenile literature.
Comedians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Comedians -- South Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Comedians, Black -- South Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Television personalities -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Television personalities, Black -- South Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Comedians -- Juvenile literature.
Television personalities -- Juvenile literature.
Racially mixed children -- South Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- South Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
South African wit and humor -- Juvenile literature.
Apartheid -- South Africa -- Juvenile literature.
South Africa -- Social conditions -- 1961- -- Juvenile literature
ISBN:
9780525582199
9780525582168 (hc.)
Alternate title:
It is Trevor Noah
Description:
294 pages ; 21 cm.
Notes:
"Adapted for young readers".
Summary:
The comedian traces his coming of age during the twilight of apartheid in South Africa and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed, offering insight into the farcical aspects of the political and social systems of today's world. If my mother had one goal. it was to free my mind. My mother spoke to me like an adult. She was always telling me stories, giving me lessons. Bible lessons especially. She was big into Psalms. I had to read Psalms every day. She would quiz me on it. " What does the passage mean? What does it mean to you? How do you apply it to your life?" "That was every day of my life. My mom did what school didn't. She taught me how to think.
One of the comedy world's fastest-rising stars tells his wild coming of age story during the twilight of apartheid in South Africa and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed. Noah provides something deeper than traditional memorists: powerfully funny observations about how farcical political and social systems play out in our lives. Trevor Noah is the host of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, where he gleefully provides America with its nightly dose of serrated satire. He is a light-footed but cutting observer of the relentless absurdities of politics, nationalism and race and in particular the craziness of his own young life, which he's lived at the intersections of culture and history. In his first book, Noah tells his coming of age story with his larger-than-life mother during the last gasps of apartheid-era South Africa and the turbulent years that followed. Noah was born illegal the son of a white, Dutch father and a black Xhosa mother, who had to pretend to be his nanny or his father's servant in the brief moments when the family came together. His brilliantly eccentric mother loomed over his life a comically zealous Christian (they went to church six days a week and three times on Sunday), a savvy hustler who kept food on their table during rough times, and an aggressively involved, if often seriously misguided, parent who set Noah on his bumpy path to stardom. The stories Noah tells are sometimes dark, occasionally bizarre, frequently tender, and always hilarious whether he's subsisting on caterpillars during months of extreme poverty or making comically pitiful attempts at teenage romance in a color-obsessed world; whether's he's being thrown into jail as the hapless fall guy for a crime he didn't commit or being thrown by his mother from a speeding car driven by murderous gangsters.
Genre:
Autobiographies, Juvenile.
Other authors:
Noah, Trevor, 1984- Born a crime.
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