Behold The Dreamers - Softcover

Mbue, Imbolo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812989848 ISBN 13: 9780812989847

Verlag: Random House USA, 2016

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Reseña del editor:

Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant, works as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers. His wife Neni is hired as household help by Clark's wife, Cindy. With the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers, a tragedy changes all four lives forever. Imbolo Mbue has written an unforgettable debut novel about marriage, class, and race, and the crevasses in the American Dream.

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Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, has come to the United States to provide a better life for himself, his wife, Neni, and their six-year-old son. In the fall of 2007, Jende can hardly believe his luck when he lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers. Clark demands punctuality, discretion, and loyalty-and Jende is eager to please. Clark's wife, Cindy, even offers Neni temporary work at the Edwardses' summer home in the Hamptons. With these opportunities, Jende and Neni can at last gain a foothold in America and imagine a brighter future.

However, the world of great power and privilege conceals troubling secrets, and soon Jende and Neni notice cracks in their employers' façades.

When the financial world is rocked by the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the Jongas are desperate to keep Jende's job-even as their marriage threatens to fall apart. As all four lives are dramatically upended, Jende and Neni are forced to make an impossible choice.

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• Verlag: Random House USA
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0812989848
• ISBN 13: 9780812989847
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 384