Leila Mottley
-
Prix Page-America 2022. Sélection Les 100 livres de 2022 - Lire magazine littéraire« Bouleversant.» Le Figaro Madame « Une révélation. » Lire-Magazine littéraire« Une grande oeuvre littéraire. » Marianne« Universel et inattendu. » TechnikartEn Californie, une adolescente noire est décidée à survivre, coûte que coûte, dans un monde qui se refuse à la protéger. Un premier roman coup de poing. Kiara, dix-sept ans, et son frère aîné Marcus vivotent dans un immeuble d'East Oakland. Livrés à eux-mêmes, ils ont vu leur famille fracturée par la mort et par la prison. Si Marcus rêve de faire carrière dans le rap, sa soeur se démène pour trouver du travail et payer le loyer. Mais les dettes s'accumulent et l'expulsion approche.Un soir, ce qui commence comme un malentendu avec un inconnu devient aux yeux de Kiara le seul moyen de s'en sortir. Elle décide de vendre son corps, d'arpenter la nuit. Rien ne l'a pourtant préparée à la violence de cet univers, et surtout pas la banale arrestation va la précipiter dans un enfer qu'elle n'aurait jamais imaginé.Un roman à la beauté brute, porté par la langue à fleur de peau de Leila Mottley. « Une écriture qui étincelle de poésie, d'humour et de réalisme. » Télérama « Un roman inoubliable et une plume à suivre. » Le Parisien Week-End« Un roman audacieux et beau, une histoire déchirante qui rend hommage à la résilience des femmes victimes de violence. » Publishers Weekly « Une plume somptueuse et poétique, une finesse d'analyse remarquable. » Kirkus Reviews« Leila Mottley a la délicatesse d'une poétesse lorsqu'il s'agit de nous révéler les plus brutales et déchirantes vérités. » Dave Eggers« Elle écrit avec l'humilité et le scintillement d'une enfant, mais aussi avec le talent et la maîtrise d'une conteuse chevronnée. » James McBride
-
Nouv.
NIGHTCRAWLING - LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022
Leila Mottley
- Bloomsbury
- 11 Mai 2023
- 9781526634573
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022 - THE YOUNGEST EVER BOOKER NOMINEE THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ''MOTTLEY ATTEMPTS TO DO FOR OAKLAND SOMETHING OF WHAT THE WIRE DID FOR BALTIMORE'' THE TIMES ''A SOUL-SEARCHING PORTRAIT OF SURVIVAL AND HOPE'' OPRAH WINFREY When there is no choice, all you have left to do is walk.
Kiara Johnson does not know what it is to live as a normal seventeen-year-old. With her mother in a rehab facility and an older brother who devotes his time and money to a recording studio, she fends for herself - and for nine-year-old Trevor, whose own mother is prone to disappearing for days at a time. As the landlord of their apartment block threatens to raise their rent, Kiara finds herself walking the streets after dark, determined to survive in a world that refuses to protect her.
Then one night Kiara is picked up by two police officers, and the gruesome deal she is offered in exchange for her freedom lands her at the centre of a media storm. If she agrees to testify in a grand jury trial, she could help expose the sickening corruption of a police department. But honesty comes at a price - one that could leave her family vulnerable to their retaliation, and endanger everyone she loves.
Nightcrawling is an unforgettable novel about young people navigating the darkest corners of an adult world, told with a humanity that is at once agonising and utterly mesmerising.
-------------------------------------- ''UNFORGETTABLE'' GUARDIAN ''A MAGNIFICENT DEBUT'' RUTH OZEKI, winner of the Women''s Prize for Fiction 2022 -------------------------------------- READERS CAN''T GET ENOUGH OF NIGHTCRAWLING '' Nightcrawling is a lyrical masterpiece'' ***** ''This book ripped my heart out'' ***** ''Unputdownable . . . From the first page I was hooked'' ***** ''This is a heart-achingly necessary book which will carve a hole in your soul and stay with you forever'' ***** ''It is rare to read a first novel so perfectly crafted'' ***** ''This is an absolute must-read. Five stars out of five'' ***** ''Completely gripping . . . This is going to be a huge bestseller'' *****> -
B>A dazzling, unforgettable novel about a young black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system--a debut that announces a blazingly original voice.;/b>br>br>Kiara and her brother Marcus are barely scraping by in a squalid East Oakland apartment complex optimistically called the Royal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison. But while Marcus clings to his dream of rap stardom, Kiara hunts for work to pay their rent--which has more than doubled--and to keep the nine-year-old boy next door, abandoned by his mother, safe and fed.br>;br>One night, what begins as a drunken misunderstanding with a stranger turns into the job Kiara never imagined wanting but now desperately needs: nightcrawling. And her world breaks open even further when her name surfaces in an investigation that exposes her as a key witness in a massive scandal within the Oakland police department.br>;br>Full of edge, raw beauty, electrifying intensity, and piercing vulnerability, Nightcrawling marks the stunning arrival of a voice unlike any we have heard before.;
-
NIGHTCRAWLING - LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022
Leila Mottley
- Bloomsbury
- 7 Juin 2022
- 9781526634566
A searing debut novel inspired by a true story from the streets of Oakland, California, announcing the arrival of a blazing, young talent ''Leila Mottley''s writing erupts and flows like lava . . . Nightcrawling bursts at the seams of every page and swallows you whole'' TOMMY ORANGE, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize ''A truly beautiful and powerful book'' RUTH OZEKI When there is no choice, all you have left to do is walk.
Kiara Johnson does not know what it is to live as a normal seventeen-year-old. With her mother in a rehab facility and an older brother who devotes his time and money to a recording studio, she fends for herself - and for nine-year-old Trevor, whose own mother is prone to disappearing for days at a time. As the landlord of their apartment block threatens to raise their rent, Kiara finds herself walking the streets after dark, determined to survive in a world that refuses to protect her.
Then one night Kiara is picked up by Officers 601 and 190, and the gruesome deal she is offered in exchange for her freedom lands her at the centre of a media storm. If she agrees to testify in a grand jury trial, she could help expose the sickening corruption of a police department. But honesty comes at a price - one that could leave her family vulnerable to their retaliation, and endanger everyone she loves.
Nightcrawling is an unforgettable novel about young people navigating the darkest corners of an adult world, told with a humanity that is at once agonising and utterly mesmerising.> -
B>A dazzling, unforgettable novel about a young black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system--a debut that announces a blazingly original voice.;/b>br>br>Kiara and her brother Marcus are barely scraping by in a squalid East Oakland apartment complex optimistically called the Royal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison. But while Marcus clings to his dream of rap stardom, Kiara hunts for work to pay their rent--which has more than doubled--and to keep the nine-year-old boy next door, abandoned by his mother, safe and fed.br>;br>One night, what begins as a drunken misunderstanding with a stranger turns into the job Kiara never imagined wanting but now desperately needs: nightcrawling. And her world breaks open even further when her name surfaces in an investigation that exposes her as a key witness in a massive scandal within the Oakland police department.br>;br>Full of edge, raw beauty, electrifying intensity, and piercing vulnerability, Nightcrawling marks the stunning arrival of a voice unlike any we have heard before.;
