Born a Crime Stories from a South African Childhood
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15.11.2016
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9780399588181
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • More than one million copies sold! A "brilliant" (Lupita Nyong'o, Time), "poignant" (Entertainment Weekly), "soul-nourishing" (USA Today) memoir about coming of age during the twilight of apartheid
"Noah's childhood stories are told with all the hilarity and intellect that characterizes his comedy, while illuminating a dark and brutal period in South Africa's history that must never be forgotten."-Esquire
Winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor and an NAACP Image Award • Named one of the best books of the year by The New York Time, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, Esquire, Newsday, and Booklist
Trevor Noah's unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents' indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the earliest years of his life, bound by the extreme and often absurd measures his mother took to hide him from a government that could, at any moment, steal him away. Finally liberated by the end of South Africa's tyrannical white rule, Trevor and his mother set forth on a grand adventure, living openly and freely and embracing the opportunities won by a centuries-long struggle.
Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. It is also the story of that young man's relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mother-his teammate, a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life.
The stories collected here are by turns hilarious, dramatic, and deeply affecting. Whether subsisting on caterpillars for dinner during hard times, being thrown from a moving car during an attempted kidnapping, or just trying to survive the life-and-death pitfalls of dating in high school, Trevor illuminates his curious world with an incisive wit and unflinching honesty. His stories weave together to form a moving and searingly funny portrait of a boy making his way through a damaged world in a dangerous time, armed only with a keen sense of humor and a mother's unconventional, unconditional love.
"Noah's childhood stories are told with all the hilarity and intellect that characterizes his comedy, while illuminating a dark and brutal period in South Africa's history that must never be forgotten."-Esquire
Winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor and an NAACP Image Award • Named one of the best books of the year by The New York Time, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, Esquire, Newsday, and Booklist
Trevor Noah's unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents' indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the earliest years of his life, bound by the extreme and often absurd measures his mother took to hide him from a government that could, at any moment, steal him away. Finally liberated by the end of South Africa's tyrannical white rule, Trevor and his mother set forth on a grand adventure, living openly and freely and embracing the opportunities won by a centuries-long struggle.
Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. It is also the story of that young man's relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mother-his teammate, a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life.
The stories collected here are by turns hilarious, dramatic, and deeply affecting. Whether subsisting on caterpillars for dinner during hard times, being thrown from a moving car during an attempted kidnapping, or just trying to survive the life-and-death pitfalls of dating in high school, Trevor illuminates his curious world with an incisive wit and unflinching honesty. His stories weave together to form a moving and searingly funny portrait of a boy making his way through a damaged world in a dangerous time, armed only with a keen sense of humor and a mother's unconventional, unconditional love.
Kundinnen und Kunden meinen
Hilariously funny and deeply moving
Bewertung am 14.03.2025
Bewertungsnummer: 2438583
Bewertet: Buch (Taschenbuch)
In this autobiograophy, comedian Trevor Noah tells an endearing story about his childhood in Apartheid South-Africa. Born to a black mother and a white father, he feels he is 'born a crime' in a country in which segregation is not only daily life but also legally enforced. Trevor takes us on a journey through his early life, telling stories about his strict grandmother, his dance-crew in highschool and ultimately his departure from South-Africa. "Born a Crime" is a deeply personal questioning of identity, somethimes tear-jerkingly funny, sometimes tear-jerkingly moving. A book that feels like talking to a good friend.
Unterhaltsam, schockierend, augenöffnend
Bewertung (Mitglied der Book Circle Community) am 03.01.2025
Bewertungsnummer: 2377410
Bewertet: Buch (Taschenbuch)
Das Buch “Born A Crime” (auf deutsch: Farbenblind) von Trevor Noah hat für sehr viel Unterhaltung auf dem Flug nach Südafrika gesorgt. Die ersten Kapitel sind unterhaltsam, witzig geschrieben und gleichzeitig äusserst schockierend. Trevor Noah erzählt mit seinem typischen Humor Geschichten aus seiner Kindheit in Südafrika und verbindet diese immer mit historischen Fakten, welche er am Ende des Kapitels anfügt. Er zeigt das Konstrukt der Apartheid aus seinen (nur teils) unschuldigen Kinderaugen und präsentiert der vorherrschende Rassismus mit einem Humor, bei welchem man sich mehrmals fragt ob man jetzt wirklich lachen darf oder nicht.
In der Schweiz wissen wir kaum etwas über die Geschichte von Südafrika. Dieses Buch klärt subtil auf und vermittelt Wissen, welches für uns schwierig vorzustellen ist. Es ist keine typische Biografie, da sich die Kapitel aus Geschichten aus der Kindheit zusammensetzen, welche Trevor Noah mit historischem Wissenstransfer verbindet. Ein MUSS für alle, die ein bisschen lachen und ein bisschen schockiert werden möchten sowie gleichzeitig ein kleines bisschen dazulernen wollen. Kann ich nur wärmstens empfehlen.
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