Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow Trade paper - 2006
by Faiza Guene
- Used
Disarmingly funny and fresh, Gune's debut novel is a hopeful, wise, and intimate portrait of Arab immigrant life, as it follows Doria, a 15-year-old Muslim French girl living in the infamous Paradise projects of suburban Paris.
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Details
- Title Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow
- Author Faiza Guene
- Binding Trade Paper
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Condition UsedGood
- Pages 192
- Language EN
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York
- Date 2006-07-03
- Bookseller's Inventory # 31UIGP0004F4_ns
- ISBN 9780156030489
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Themes
- Cultural Region: French
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Topical: Family
Summary
He thought I'd forged my mom's name on the slip. How stupid is that? On this thing Mom just made a kind of squiggly shape on the page. That jerk didn't even think about what he was saying, didn't even ask himself why her signature might be weird. He's one of those people who think illiteracy is like AIDS. It only exists in Africa.
--from Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow
"A tale for anyone who has ever lived outside looking in, especially from that alien country called adolescence. A funny, heartfelt story from a wise guy who happens to be a girl. If you've ever fallen in love, if you've ever had your heart broken, this story is your story." -- Sandra Cisneros, author of THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET
The Paradise projects are only a few metro stops from Paris, but here it's a whole different kind of France. Doria's father, the Beard, has headed back to their hometown in Morocco, leaving her and her mom to cope with their mektoub—their destiny—alone. They have a little help-- from a social worker sent by the city, a psychiatrist sent by the school, and a thug friend who recites Rimbaud.
It seems like fate’s dealt them an impossible hand, but Doria might still make a new life. She'll prove the projects aren't only about rap, soccer, and religious tension. She’ll take the Arabic word kif-kif (same old, same old) and mix it up with the French verb kiffer (to really like something). Now she has a whole new motto: KIFFE KIFFE TOMORROW.
"Moving and irreverent, sad and funny, full of rage and intelligence. [Guène's] characters are unforgettable, her voice fresh, and her book a delight." -- Laila Lalami, author of Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits
Faïza Guène, the child of Algerian immigrants, grew up in the public housing projects of Pantin, outside Paris. This is her first book.
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The Paradise projects are only a few metro stops from Paris, but here it's a whole different kind of France. Doria's father, the Beard, has headed backto their hometown in Morocco, leaving her and her mom to cope with their mektoub their destiny alone.They have a little help-- from a social worker sent by the city, a psychiatrist sent by the school, and athug friend who recites Rimbaud.
It seems like fate s dealt them an impossiblehand, but Doria might stillmake a newlife. She'll prove the projects aren't onlyabout rap, soccer, and religious tension. She ll take the Arabic word kif-kif (same old, same old) and mix it up with the French verb kiffer (to really like something). Now she has a whole new motto: KIFFE KIFFE TOMORROW.
"Moving and irreverent, sad and funny, full of rage and intelligence. [Guene's] characters are unforgettable, her voice fresh, and her book a delight." -- Laila Lalami, author of Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits
Faiza Guene is a sociology major at the University of St. Denis.The child of Algerian immigrants, she grew up in the public housing projects of Pantin, outside Paris. This is her first book.
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Citations
- Booklist, 06/01/2006, Page 36
- Booklist Ed Choice Adu Bk YA's, 01/01/2007, Page 11
- Entertainment Weekly, 07/14/2006, Page 83
- Kirkus Reviews, 05/15/2006, Page 484
- Kliatt, 09/01/2006, Page 23
- Library Journal, 04/15/2006, Page 66
- New York Times, 07/23/2006, Page 13
- Publishers Weekly, 04/03/2006, Page 35