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The Other Hand

di Chris Cleave

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A haunting novel about the tenuous friendship that blooms between two disparate strangers--one an illegal Nigerian refugee, the other a recent widow from suburban London.

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Manchmal wünscht sie sich, sie wäre eine englische Pfundmünze: dann würde sich nämlich jeder freuen, sie zu sehen. Little Bee ist 16 Jahre alt und stammt aus Afrika. In ihrer Heimat ist ihr Schreckliches zugestossen, und seit zwei Jahren lebt sie in einem englischen Abschiebelager für Asylbewerber. Trotz allem ist sie ein Mensch voll Lebensfreude, Witz und Intelligenz. In England kennt sie ausserhalb des Lagers nur zwei Menschen: Vor Jahren hat sie in Nigeria das Ehepaar Sarah und Andrew, die im englischen Kingston-upon-Thames ein privilegiertes Leben führen, kennengelernt. Ein furchtbares gemeinsames Erlebnis hat eine tragische Verbindung zwischen ihnen geschaffen. Als Little Bee aus dem Lager entlassen wird, ruft sie bei Sarah und Andrew an. Ein Anruf, der unvorhersehbare Folgen hat: Einige Tage später bringt sich Andrew um. Und kurz darauf steht Little Bee vor Sarahs Tür ... (

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ela82 | Mar 23, 2024 |

Interesting read about a Nigerian refugee in England, who meets up with a woman she briefly encountered in Nigeria. There is some mystery about what happened there, ultimately described as a violent and deadly encounter. The story continues to tell of both the refugee's and the woman's life after they meet again. Part of the book were very good, others were okay. Did not care for the ending. (

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nankan | Mar 7, 2024 |

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BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |

This book sells itself by not telling you anything about the story. The summary on Amazon says WE DO NOT WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS BOOK. I admit, the secrecy made me want to read the book more, however, I think it's completlely unnecessary. They could explain the plot without it cheaping the reading experience in any way.

Little Bee is a quick read -- it took me about two days to finish it. I found some of the passages beautiful but overall I found the book disappointing. Some of the characters, Little Bee in particular, have a lovely take on the world, but the overall plot is unfulfilling.

My biggest problem is that the book is sad, overwhelmingly sad, and since I read for pleasure that's really not what I'm looking for in a novel.

My recomendation: get it from the library, don't buy it. Also, don't read if you don't want sad. And don't expect a mystery. (

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hmonkeyreads | Jan 25, 2024 |

The book jacket says "We don't want to tell you WHAT HAPPENS in this book. It is truly SPECIAL STORY and we don't want to spoil it." The back cover has excerpts from ten or more newspapers acclaiming the book as "Ambitious and Fearless", "Stunning", "...Poignant and Compelling," "A Mesmerizing Tour De Force", and on and on. As a result, I suspect my expectations were too high because I was disappointed with the book. I liked the character of Little Bee but didn't care at all about Sarah, who is central to the story. The ending was a mess and without giving anything away here, I find it difficult to believe a mother would willingly put her son in such a dangerous situation. On the plus side, it did call attention to the dehumanizing conditions of the British Immigration and Detention Center and the evils resulting from takeovers of oil rich lands. (

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While the pretext of “Little Bee” initially seems contrived — two strangers, a British woman and a Nigerian girl, meet on a lonely African beach and become inextricably bound through the horror imprinted on their encounter — its impact is hardly shallow. Rather than focusing on postcolonial guilt or African angst, Cleave uses his emotionally charged narrative to challenge his readers’ conceptions of civility, of ethical choice.

aggiunto da Nickelini | modificaNew York Times, Caroline Elkins (May 15, 2009)

"Little Bee" leaves little doubt that Cleave deserves the praise. He has carved two indelible characters whose choices in even the most straitened circumstances permit them dignity -- if they are willing to sacrifice for it. "Little Bee" is the best kind of political novel: You're almost entirely unaware of its politics because the book doesn't deal in abstractions but in human beings.

aggiunto da VivienneR | modificaThe Washington Post, Sarah L Courteau (Feb 25, 2009)

"Little Bee" is the best kind of political novel: You're almost entirely unaware of its politics because the book doesn't deal in abstractions but in human beings.

aggiunto da mikeg2 | modificaThe Washington Post, Sarah L Courteau (Feb 25, 2009)

Book clubs in search of the next "Kite Runner" need look no further than this astonishing, flawless novel about what happens when ordinary, mundane Western lives are thrown into stark contrast against the terrifying realities of war-torn Africa.

aggiunto da Shortride | modificaLibrary Journal, Christine Perkins (Jan 15, 2009)

Cleave has a sharp cinematic eye, but the plot is undermined by weak motivations and coincidences.

aggiunto da Shortride | modificaPublishers Weekly (Nov 10, 2008)

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Nome dell'autore	Ruolo	Tipo di autore	Opera?	Stato
Chris Cleave	—	autore primario	tutte le edizioni	calcolato
Bentinck, Anna	Narratore	autore secondario	alcune edizioni	confermato
Flosnik, Anne	Narratore	autore secondario	alcune edizioni	confermato

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Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Lista breve – South Asia and Europe, Best Book – 2009)

Costa Book Awards (Lista breve – Romanzo – 2008)

Dublin Literary Award (Lista completa – 2010)

Prix de l'inaperçu (Sélection – Prix Étranger – 2010)

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The Other Hand

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The Other Hand (UK)

Little Bee (USA)

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Little Bee (US)

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2008-08-07

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Nigeria

Kingston upon Thames, London, England, UK (frequently known as Kingston)

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Britain is proud of its tradition of providing a safe haven for people fleeting [sic] persecution and conflict. - From Life in the United Kingdom: A Journey to Citizenship (UK Home Office, 2005)

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Most days I wish I was a British pound coin instead of an African girl.

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(Little Bee, p.13/14:) "...and I ask you right here please to agree with me that a scar is never ugly. That's what the scar makers want us to think. But you and I, we must make an agreement to defy them. We must see all scars as beauty (...) Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, "I survived".

Through the lobby of the Home Office building, the public sector shuffled past in its scuffed shoes, balancing its morning coffee on cardboard carry trays. The women bulged out of M&S trouser suits, wattles wobbling and bangles clacking. The men seemed limp and hypoxic--half-garroted by their ties. Everyone stooped, or scuttled, or nervously ticked. They carried themselves like weather presenters preparing to lower expectations for the bank-holiday weekend.

We knew what we had: we had nothing. Your world and our world had come to this understanding. Even the missionaries had boarded up their mission. They left us with the holy books that were not worth the expense of shipping back to your country. In our village our only Bible had all of its pages missing after the forty-sixth verse of the twenty-seventh chapter of Matthew, so that the end of our religion, as far as any of us knew, was My God, my god, why hast thous forsaken me? We understood that this was the end of the story. That is how we lived, happily and without hope. I was very young then, and I did not miss having a future because I did not know I was entitled to one.

Compromise, eh? Isn't it sad, growing up? You start off like my Charlie. You start off thinking you can kill all the baddies and save the world. Then you get a little bit older, maybe Little Bee's age, and you realize that some of the world's badness is inside you, that maybe you're a part of it. And then you get a little bit older still, and a bit more comfortable, and you start wondering whether that badness you've seen in yourself is really all that bad at all. You start talking about ten percent.

There were people in that crowd, and strolling along the walkway, from all of the different colors and nationalities of the earth. There were more races even than I recognized from the detention center. I stood with my back against the railings and my mouth open and I watched them walking past, more and more of them. And then I realized it. I said to myself, Little Bee, there is no them. This endless procession of people, walking along beside this great river, these people are you.

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The Other Hand (UK) / Little Bee (US)

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