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Standing Heavy

By: Gauz', Frank Wynne - translator
Narrated by: Diontae Black
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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-Élysees, 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.

©2014 Le Nouvel Attila Parmentier, 75011 Paris; English translation copyright 2022 by Frank Wynne (P)2024 Tantor
African American Satire Funny Witty
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