The Resource Behold the dreamers : a novel, Imbolo Mbue
Behold the dreamers : a novel, Imbolo Mbue
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The item Behold the dreamers : a novel, Imbolo Mbue represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- 2007. 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. Working as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers, he displays the punctuality, discretion, and loyalty that Edwards demands. Neni's temporary work at the Edwardses' summer home in the Hamptons means a brighter future--until Jende and Neni notice cracks in their employers' façades. As the financial world threatens to collapse, the Jongas become desperate. And as their marriage threatens to fall apart, Jende and Neni are forced to make an impossible choice
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Behold the dreamers : a novel
- Title
- Behold the dreamers
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Imbolo Mbue
- Subject
-
- Cameroonians
- Cameroonians -- United States -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- FICTION -- Cultural Heritage
- FICTION -- Family Life
- FICTION -- Literary
- Families
- Families -- Fiction
- Family secrets
- Fiction
- Global Financial Crisis (2008-2009)
- Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 -- Fiction
- Immigrants
- Immigrants -- United States -- Fiction
- United States
- Upper class
- Upper class -- United States -- Fiction
- Family secrets -- Fiction
- 2008-2009
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 2007. 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. Working as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers, he displays the punctuality, discretion, and loyalty that Edwards demands. Neni's temporary work at the Edwardses' summer home in the Hamptons means a brighter future--until Jende and Neni notice cracks in their employers' façades. As the financial world threatens to collapse, the Jongas become desperate. And as their marriage threatens to fall apart, Jende and Neni are forced to make an impossible choice
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mbue, Imbolo
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3613.B84
- LC item number
- B44 2016
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Cameroonians
- Immigrants
- Upper class
- Families
- Family secrets
- Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
- Global Financial Crisis (2008-2009)
- FICTION
- FICTION
- FICTION
- Cameroonians
- Families
- Family secrets
- Immigrants
- Upper class
- United States
- Label
- Behold the dreamers : a novel, Imbolo Mbue
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 906798285
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 382 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812989847
- Lccn
- 2015011560
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)906798285
- Label
- Behold the dreamers : a novel, Imbolo Mbue
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 906798285
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 382 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812989847
- Lccn
- 2015011560
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)906798285
Subject
- Cameroonians
- Cameroonians -- United States -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- FICTION -- Cultural Heritage
- FICTION -- Family Life
- FICTION -- Literary
- Families
- Families -- Fiction
- Family secrets
- Fiction
- Global Financial Crisis (2008-2009)
- Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 -- Fiction
- Immigrants
- Immigrants -- United States -- Fiction
- United States
- Upper class
- Upper class -- United States -- Fiction
- Family secrets -- Fiction
- 2008-2009
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