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Waiting at the Paris airport, two immigrants from Djibouti reveal parallel stories of war, child soldiers, arms trafficking, drugs, and hunger. Bashir is recently discharged from the army and wounded, finding himself inside the French Embassy. Harbi, whose wife, Alice, has been killed by the police,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Waberi, Abdourahman A., 1965-
Otros Autores: Ball, David, 1937-, Ball, Nicole, 1941-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, Ã2012.
Colección:Global African voices.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Waiting at the Paris airport, two immigrants from Djibouti reveal parallel stories of war, child soldiers, arms trafficking, drugs, and hunger. Bashir is recently discharged from the army and wounded, finding himself inside the French Embassy. Harbi, whose wife, Alice, has been killed by the police, is there too-arrested earlier as a political suspect. An embassy official mistakes Bashir for Harbi's son, and as Harbi does not deny it, both will be exiled to France, Alice's home country. This brilliantly shrewd and cynical universal chronicle of war and exile, translated into English for the.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 143 pages)
ISBN:9780253006936
0253006937
9786613813169
6613813168