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Details
Format
ePUB 3
Kopierschutz
Ja
Family Sharing
Ja
Text-to-Speech
Ja
Verkaufsrang
40533
Erscheinungsdatum
15.11.2016
Verlag
Random House Publishing GroupSeitenzahl
304 (Printausgabe)
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1429 KB
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9780399588181
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man's coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed
NAMED ONE OF PASTE'S BEST MEMOIRS OF THE DECADE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Michiko Kakutani, New York Times • USA Today • San Francisco Chronicle • NPR • Esquire • Newsday • 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.
Praise for Born a Crime
"Compelling . . . By turns alarming, sad and funny, [Trevor Noah's] book provides a harrowing look, through the prism of Mr. Noah's family, at life in South Africa under apartheid. . . . Born a Crime is not just an unnerving account of growing up in South Africa under apartheid, but a love letter to the author's remarkable mother."-Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
NAMED ONE OF PASTE'S BEST MEMOIRS OF THE DECADE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Michiko Kakutani, New York Times • USA Today • San Francisco Chronicle • NPR • Esquire • Newsday • 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.
Praise for Born a Crime
"Compelling . . . By turns alarming, sad and funny, [Trevor Noah's] book provides a harrowing look, through the prism of Mr. Noah's family, at life in South Africa under apartheid. . . . Born a Crime is not just an unnerving account of growing up in South Africa under apartheid, but a love letter to the author's remarkable mother."-Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
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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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Bewertungsnummer: 2347438
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Das Buch ist meiner Meinung nach sehr empfehlenswert! Die Lebensgeschichte von Trevor Noah ist unglaublich interessant und teilweise sehr schockierten. Trotz der teilweise intensiven Themen, ist es mit Humor geschrieben und man liest es schnell weg. Absolut spannend und eine Empfehlung!
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