breach: 1 (Peirene Now!) - Softcover

Olumide Popoola; Annie Holmes

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908670320 ISBN 13: 9781908670328

Publisher: Peirene Press, 2022

Synopsis

In the refugee camp known as The Jungle, an illusion is being disrupted: that of a neatly ordered world, with those deserving safety and comfort separated from those who need to be kept out. Calais is a border town. Between France and Britain. Between us and them. The eight short stories in this collection explore the refugee crisis through fiction. They give voice to the hopes and fears of both sides. Dlo and Jan break into refrigerated trucks bound for the UK. Marjorie, a volunteer, is happy to mingle in the camps until her niece goes a step too far. Mariam lies to her mother back home. With humour, insight and empathy, breach tackles an issue that we can no longer ignore.

About this title

About the Author

Olumide Popoola is a Nigerian German writer. Her publications include poetry and essays, the novella this is not about sadness (2010) and the play Also by Mail (2013). She lives in London, where she lectures in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths. ------ Annie Holmes is a Zimbabwean writer and film-maker, now London-based. In addition to publishing short fiction, she has co-edited two volumes of oral narratives in the McSweeney's Voice of Witness series, Underground America and Hope Deferred.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peirene Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908670320
• ISBN 13: 9781908670328
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160