Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Book by Trevor Noah
DETAILS
Publisher : One World; Later Printing edition (November 15, 2016) Language : English Hardcover : 304 pages ISBN-10 : 0399588175 ISBN-13 : 978-0399588174 Reading age : 13+ years, from customers Lexile measure : HL770L Item Weight : 1.18 pounds , #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. Read more
REVIEW
I cannot find much to not like about the book , it is well written. Poignant- interesting - the journey of Trevor's life. So much injustice and extreme bias. I felt all of his deep bewilderment and confusion. How can a Government and a policing system work like the one in Africa. SO corrupt & cruel. But, Trevor not only has a way with words, his memory to detail and the organization of thought comes together in a no quit read. I found out about his book through a high school student who had it as an assignment. I decided to buy the book because I was mesmerized with the title. I had browsed comedians prior , when I stopped to watch him on you tube I was struck with his wit, his political knowing & his candid comedy of his family. I am very Spiritual <> but his Mom's attachment to God & Jesus IS phenomenal to me. God saves < & so she was . And the LOVE that permeates the story is hard to come by , and so I ended transcended, so moved . I LOVED it !
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