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Breach (Peirene Now!)
Olumide Popoola
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Description for Breach (Peirene Now!)
Paperback. The eight short stories in breach explore the refugee crisis through fiction. Dlo and Jan break into refrigerated trucks bound for the UK. Marjorie, a volunteer, is happy to mingle in the camp until her niece goes a step too far. Mariam lies to her mother back home. With humour, insight and empathy breach tackles an issue we can no longer ignore. Series: Peirene Now!. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 210.
In the refugee camp known as The Jungle an illusion is being disrupted: that of a neatly ordered world, with those deserving safety and comfort separated from those who need to be kept out. --------- Calais is a border town. Between France and Britain. Between us and them. The eight short stories in this collection explore the refugee crisis through fiction. They give voice to the hopes and fears of both sides. Dlo and Jan break into refrigerated trucks bound for the UK. Marjorie, a volunteer, is happy to mingle in the camps until her niece goes a step too ... Read more
In the refugee camp known as The Jungle an illusion is being disrupted: that of a neatly ordered world, with those deserving safety and comfort separated from those who need to be kept out. --------- Calais is a border town. Between France and Britain. Between us and them. The eight short stories in this collection explore the refugee crisis through fiction. They give voice to the hopes and fears of both sides. Dlo and Jan break into refrigerated trucks bound for the UK. Marjorie, a volunteer, is happy to mingle in the camps until her niece goes a step too ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Peirene Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Peirene Now!
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908670328
SKU
V9781908670328
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99-3
About Olumide Popoola
Olumide Popoola is a Nigerian German writer. Her publications include poetry and essays, the novella this is not about sadness (2010) and the play Also by Mail (2013). She lives in London, where she lectures in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths. ------ Annie Holmes is a Zimbabwean writer and film-maker, now London-based. In addition to publishing short fiction, she has co-edited ... Read more
Reviews for Breach (Peirene Now!)
'This is what fiction is for. These stories refresh difficult territory in ways that other writing cannot reach. Tender, tragic, funny (sometimes), persuasive.' Sara Maitland; This is fine, suspenseful fiction springing from human lives in extremis...it possesses a timeless quality, despite its obvious timeliness.' Kapka Kassabova, The Guardian
- 'breach is a bridge, one that spans both sides of a ... Read more
- 'breach is a bridge, one that spans both sides of a ... Read more