The Silence of the Spirits
Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, 2017.
Format: Book
Description: xxi, 115 pages ; 22 cm.
What are the limits of empathy and forgiveness? How can someone with a shameful past find a new path that allows for both healing and reckoning? When Clovis and Christelle find themselves face-to-face on a train heading to the outskirts of Paris, their unexpected encounter propels them on a cathartic journey toward understanding the other, mediated by their respective histories of violence. Clovis, a young undocumented African, struggles with the pain and shame of his brutal childhood, abusive exploits as a child soldier, and road to exile. Christelle, a young French nurse, has her own dark experiences but translates her suffering into an unusual capacity for empathy, forgiveness, and reconciliation.
Series: Global African voices.
Subjects:
Africans -- France -- Fiction.
Noncitizens -- France -- Fiction.
Illegal immigration -- France -- Fiction.
Africans -- France -- Fiction.
Noncitizens -- France -- Fiction.
Illegal immigration -- France -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780253028945
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F N'Sonde | Main (Downtown) | Repository - Adult | In |
"Original publication in French as Le Silence des esprits (c) 2010 Actes Sud."
Includes bibliographical references.
Includes bibliographical references.