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How do you decide if your life is worth living?
Michael Kabongo is a British-Congolese teacher living in London on the cusp of two identities. On paper, he seems to have it all - he's loved by his students, popular with his colleagues and enjoys the pride of his mother who emigrated from the Congo. But after he suffers a devastating loss his life is thrown into a tailspin.
Longing to escape, Michael decides to spontaneously pack up and go to America, the mythical 'land of the free,' where he imagines everything will be better, easier - a place where he can become someone new, someone without a past filled with pain. On this transformative journey, Michael travels from New York City to San Francisco, partying with new friends, sparking fleeting romances, and splurging on big adventures.
In the back of his mind, Michael has a plan: follow his dreams until the money runs out, and then he can consider what it means to stay alive...
'Wonderfully tender... Bola's vulnerable, delicate writing conveys so much truth and heart about the quiet pain in our hearts' Nikesh Shukla
'Arresting... Important and emotive... Powerfully raw' Guardian
'I knew from the opening that this book was going to break my heart. Breathless and gripping' Yvonne Battle-Felton
'Heartfelt and searing... Readers will be swept up in the sheer beauty of Bola's writing' The i
How do you decide if your life is worth living?
Michael Kabongo is a British-Congolese teacher living in London on the cusp of two identities. On paper, he seems to have it all - he's loved by his students, popular with his colleagues and enjoys the pride of his mother who emigrated from the Congo. But after he suffers a devastating loss his life is thrown into a tailspin.
Longing to escape, Michael decides to spontaneously pack up and go to America, the mythical 'land of the free,' where he imagines everything will be better, easier - a place where he can become someone new, someone without a past filled with pain. On this transformative journey, Michael travels from New York City to San Francisco, partying with new friends, sparking fleeting romances, and splurging on big adventures.
In the back of his mind, Michael has a plan: follow his dreams until the money runs out, and then he can consider what it means to stay alive...
'Wonderfully tender... Bola's vulnerable, delicate writing conveys so much truth and heart about the quiet pain in our hearts' Nikesh Shukla
'Arresting... Important and emotive... Powerfully raw' Guardian
'I knew from the opening that this book was going to break my heart. Breathless and gripping' Yvonne Battle-Felton
'Heartfelt and searing... Readers will be swept up in the sheer beauty of Bola's writing' The i
JJ Bola is an established writer, poet and UNHCR Ambassador. His three poetry collections - Elevate (2012), Daughter of the Sun (2014), and WORD (2015) - were published in one collection, Refuge (2018), which was read out in the House of Commons during Refugee week in 2018.
He was one of Spread the Word's Flight Associates 2017 and a Kit de Waal Scholar for the Birkbeck University MA in Creative Writing.As a former refugee, JJ Bola was invited to the Davos Economic Forum 2018 and held a discussion with Cate Blanchett.
His debut novel, No Place to Call Home, was published in the UK in 2017, and in 2018 in North America. His non-fiction book Mask Off: Masculinity Redefined, which exposes masculinity as a socially conditioned performance, was published in the UK in 2019.
JJ speaks and performs both internationally and in the UK.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 292 |
| Inhalt: | 304 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9780349702063 |
| ISBN-10: | 0349702063 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Herstellernummer: | 797207 |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Bola, J. J. |
| Besonderheit: | Unsere Aufsteiger |
| Hersteller: |
Little, Brown Book Group
Dialogue Books |
| Maße: | 195 x 128 x 30 mm |
| Von/Mit: | J. J. Bola |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 20.10.2022 |
| Gewicht: | 0,25 kg |
JJ Bola is an established writer, poet and UNHCR Ambassador. His three poetry collections - Elevate (2012), Daughter of the Sun (2014), and WORD (2015) - were published in one collection, Refuge (2018), which was read out in the House of Commons during Refugee week in 2018.
He was one of Spread the Word's Flight Associates 2017 and a Kit de Waal Scholar for the Birkbeck University MA in Creative Writing.As a former refugee, JJ Bola was invited to the Davos Economic Forum 2018 and held a discussion with Cate Blanchett.
His debut novel, No Place to Call Home, was published in the UK in 2017, and in 2018 in North America. His non-fiction book Mask Off: Masculinity Redefined, which exposes masculinity as a socially conditioned performance, was published in the UK in 2019.
JJ speaks and performs both internationally and in the UK.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 292 |
| Inhalt: | 304 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9780349702063 |
| ISBN-10: | 0349702063 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Herstellernummer: | 797207 |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Bola, J. J. |
| Besonderheit: | Unsere Aufsteiger |
| Hersteller: |
Little, Brown Book Group
Dialogue Books |
| Maße: | 195 x 128 x 30 mm |
| Von/Mit: | J. J. Bola |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 20.10.2022 |
| Gewicht: | 0,25 kg |
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