Born a Crime - lire.boitam.eu

Hardcover, 304 pages

Langue : English

Publié 14 janvier 2016 par Spiegel & Grau.

Numéro OCLC :: 969105382

(2 critiques)

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. Source: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/537515/born-a-crime-by-trevor-noah/9780399588174/

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todb a publié une critique de Born A Crime par Trevor Noah

'Born a Crime' review

4 étoiles

Pretty good! My biggest complaint is in the editing -- the time periods kind of jump all over the place, and not in an interesting, Christopher Nolan sort of way. Also, the transition from being a street hood in Johannesburg to host of the Daily Show was kind of not present at all; I guess we have to wait for the sequel to see how Trevor gets out of the country!

That said, the ultimate message of "holy shit Trevor Noah lived through some real abject poverty and abuse as a kid" was great, and something that all privileged kids should read. Also, I learned a lot more about street-level life in South Africa during the transition to post-apartheid, which was interesting and terrible.

Sean Bala a publié une critique de Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood par Trevor Noah

Review of 'Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood' on 'Goodreads'

4 étoiles

"Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah is an engrossing, deeply personal memoir by one of the world's top comedians. It goes beyond mere autobiography and, with Noah's characteristic humor and grace, tells the story of a young man seeking his place at the end of Apartheid and the birth of a new South Africa. At the center of the story is Noah's relationship with his mother-one of the fiercest ladies every put to paper. While it has a serious heart, the book is hilarious and I found myself laughing hysterically at many points. My only complaint is that the funny moments are funny but at times, I felt a like I was reading a stand-up routine written into narrative form. I've read a few memoirs in the past where I felt as if the author had recorded himself and wrote it down as a …

"Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah is an engrossing, deeply personal memoir by one of the world's top comedians. It goes beyond mere autobiography and, with Noah's characteristic humor and grace, tells the story of a young man seeking his place at the end of Apartheid and the birth of a new South Africa. At the center of the story is Noah's relationship with his mother-one of the fiercest ladies every put to paper. While it has a serious heart, the book is hilarious and I found myself laughing hysterically at many points. My only complaint is that the funny moments are funny but at times, I felt a like I was reading a stand-up routine written into narrative form. I've read a few memoirs in the past where I felt as if the author had recorded himself and wrote it down as a transcription. But it was the moments where the book is more reflective that it shines. Very recommended.