Description
Shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize - One of The Walrus' Best Fall Books of 2023
A funny, fast-paced, and poignant take on Franco-African history, as told through the eyes of three African security guards in Paris.
All over the city, they are watching: Black men paid to stand guard, invisible among the wealthy flâneurs and yet the only ones who truly see. From Les Grands Moulins to a Sephora on the Champs-Élysées, Ferdinand, Ossiri, and Kassoum find their way as undocumented workers amidst political infighting and the ever-changing landscape of immigration policy. Fast-paced and funny, poignant and sharply satirical, Standing Heavy is a searing deconstruction of colonial legacies and capitalist consumption and an unforgettable account of everything that passes under the security guards' all-seeing eyes.
Author: Gauz'
Publisher: Biblioasis
Published: 10/03/2023
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.72h x 4.88w x 0.71d
ISBN13: 9781771966009
ISBN10: 1771966009
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | African American & Black | General
- Fiction | Satire