کتاب رمان Behold the Dreamers

کتاب رمان Behold the Dreamers اثر Imbolo Mbue

عنوان:  Behold the Dreamers
نام نویسنده: Imbolo Mbue
امتیاز:
Amazon:4.3 /5
Goodreads:4 /5

شرح و توضیحات کتاب رمان Behold the Dreamers اثر Imbolo Mbue:

وقایع این رمان در پاییز سال  2007 با برگزاری مصاحبه ای از یک مهاجر کامرونی، جند جانگا Jende Jonga اغاز می شود، که امیدوار است به عنوان یک راننده برای کلارک ادواردز Clark Edwards، مدیر اجرایی Lehman Brothers استخدام شود. شغل جانگا Jonga  به او اجازه می دهد تا هزینه تحصیل کالج همسرش را بپردازد و مدام برای او پول ارسال کند. اما ناگهان ورشکستگی Lehman Brothers هر دو خانواده را در معرض خطر بزرگی قرار می دهد….

افتخارات:
Winner of the  PEN/Faulkner Award for this novel. In June 2017
 Selected by Oprah Winfrey for her book club

A compulsively listenable debut novel about marriage, immigration, class, race, and the trapdoors in the American dream – the unforgettable story of a young Cameroonian couple making a new life in New York just as the Great Recession upends the economy.

Named one of BuzzFeed‘s “Incredible New Books You Need to Read This Summer”.

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.