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Additional authors

1. McCalmont, Johanna

Description

1. 144 pages; 22 cm.

Summary

1. ""My mother says that there are things in life that she can't forgive . . ." At age 16, Dipita's mother, Mbila, arrived in Switzerland from Cameroon. Trafficked into Europe, she supported herself and her son as a prostitute in Geneva. Dipita, now a young, black, gay man serving a five-year sentence in a Swiss prison, shares their story and his own search for purpose. He intertwines their stories with the life of Uncle Démoney, a former civil servant in Cameroon, who staked everything on sending his sister to Switzerland. 39 Berne Street explores the complex themes of prostitution, immigration, and homosexuality through a fluid and expressive prose that makes it ring true. Originally published in French, it won the Prix du Roman des Romands in 2014. Max Lobe's 39 Berne Street vividly describes the unforgivable actions visited by family members upon family members in desperate bids for survival and contentment in the midst of Dipita's struggle toward forgiveness and acceptance"--

Series statement

1. Global African voices

Uniform title

1. 39, rue de Berne. English
2. Global African voices.

Alternative title

1. 39, rue de Berne.

Subject

1. Immigrants > Switzerland > Fiction
2. Cameroonians > Switzerland > Social conditions > Fiction
3. Black people > Switzerland > Social conditions > Fiction
4. Prostitution > Switzerland > Fiction
5. Families > Switzerland > Fiction
6. Gay people, Black > Switzerland > Fiction
7. Immigrants
8. Prostitution
9. Sex work
10. Sexual practices
11. Family members
12. Black gay men
13. Black LGBTQ+ people
14. Cameroonians
15. Social conditions
16. Black people > Social conditions
17. Black people
18. Families
19. Gay people, Black
20. Switzerland
21. Cameroon

Genre/Form

1. Domestic fiction.
2. Fiction.
3. LGBTQ+ fiction.
4. Gay fiction.

Call number

1. Sc D 23-72

Note

1. Translated from the French.

Author

1. Lobe, Max, 1986- author.

Title

1. 39 Berne Street / Max Lobe ; translated by Johanna McCalmont.

Publisher

1. Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2023]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Global African voices
2. Global African voices.

Local subject

1. Black author.

Added author

1. McCalmont, Johanna, translator.
2. Translation of (expression) Lobe, Max, 1986- 39, rue de Berne.

Other form:

1. Online version: Lobe, Max. 39 berne street Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2023 9780253064936 (DLC) 2022042893

LCCN

1. 2022042892

ISBN

1. 9780253064929 paperback
2. 0253064929 paperback
3. 9780253064936 electronic book

Research call number

1. Sc D 23-72