Bibliograph

Confrontations, Simone Atangana Bekono ; translated by Suzanne Heukensfeldt Jansen

Type

Label

Confrontations, Simone Atangana Bekono ; translated by Suzanne Heukensfeldt Jansen

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Confrontations

Oclc number

1418723716

Responsibility statement

Simone Atangana Bekono ; translated by Suzanne Heukensfeldt Jansen

Summary

Salome Atabong is the sixteen-year-old daughter of a Cameroonian father and a Dutch mother, living in the Netherlands. She arrives at a juvenile detention center to start a six-month sentence for a violent crime, which she did commit but does not regret. Expected to visit with a racist psychologist and perform her apologies, Salome refuses to atone. But even if Salome could get home, it would be no refuge: her father has recently been diagnosed with liver cancer, and her elder sister Miriam’s main preoccupation is to get out of the village as soon as possible. After months in the prison system, she realizes she must come to terms with her anger, sorrow, and guilt, as well as the crime she has committed and the real reason behind her rage

Target audience

adult

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