Publié en anglais sous le titre Brown en 2016, Brun est une œuvre audacieuse qui remet en question les théories traditionnelles sur la race. Il raconte en même temps l’histoire déchirante d’un peuple considéré par certains comme un tampon entre les Noirs et les Blancs.
Brun : Ce que cela signifie d'être brun aujourd'hui
Author:
Format:
Duration:
- 372 pages
Language:
French
- 2 books
Kamal Al-Solaylee
KAMAL AL-SOLAYLEE is the author of the national bestseller Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes, which won the 2013 Toronto Book Award and was a finalist for CBC’s Canada Reads, as well as the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction. His second book, Brown: What Being Brown in the World Today Means (to Everyone), was hailed as “brilliant” by the Walrus magazine and “essential reading” by the Globe and Mail. A finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Non-fiction as well as the Trillium Book Award, Brown won the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. A two-time finalist for the National Magazine Awards, Al-Solaylee won a gold medal for his column in Sharp in 2019. He holds a PhD in English and is director of the School of Journalism, Writing, and Media at the University of British Columbia.
Read more