So Distant From My Life

Autorentext
Monique Ilboudo is an author and human rights activist from Burkina Faso, the first woman to publish a novel in her country, and a major figure in Francophone African literature. is an emerging translator from Sierra Leone and Uganda who now lives in Burkina Faso. This will be her first book-length translation into English.

Klappentext
"Jeanphi, a young man from the fictional West African city Ouabany, has one obsession that will determine the fate of his life - migration. He scrapes together money to take the illegal route across the Sahara, making it as far as Morocco before being repatriated. Increasingly desperate, Jeanphi meets an elegant French widower who for his part is despairing at the insurmountable bureaucratic hurdles for his charitable endeavour in Jeanphi's country. A window opens to opportunity - but it will also bring tragedy."--Publisher.