{"product_id":"39-berne-street","title":"39 Berne Street","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"My mother says that there are things in life that she can't forgive . . .\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt age 16, Dipita's mother, Mbila, arrived in Switzerland from Cameroon. Trafficked into Europe, she supported herself and her son as a prostitute in Geneva. Dipita, now a young, black, gay man serving a five-year sentence in a Swiss prison, shares their story and his own search for purpose. He intertwines their stories with the life of Uncle Démoney, a former civil servant in Cameroon, who staked everything on sending his sister to Switzerland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e39 Berne Street \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the complex themes of prostitution, immigration, and homosexuality through a fluid and expressive prose that makes it ring true. Originally published in French, it won the Prix du Roman des Romands in 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMax Lobe's \u003ci\u003e39 Berne Street\u003c\/i\u003e vividly describes the unforgivable actions visited by family members upon family members in desperate bids for survival and contentment in the midst of Dipita's struggle toward forgiveness and acceptance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54229578744152,"sku":"9780253064929","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780253064929_464b5c34-f583-48fb-bfb2-ca70dde99ed9.jpg?v=1778531441","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/39-berne-street","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}