Penguin Random House USA Born a Crime

Trevor knows how to depict sad situations with comedy.Most of the stories told really resonate with the typical African society.Values are instilled in children at an early age.Trevor did you finally meet Zaheera again?

Reqlly a good read. I didn't want it to end.

This book is a gem! I've stopped reading books for a while but this awsome piece of art managed to get me back to track. The content is pure and genuine true life! Love it!!!

Great book to read! Paper cover !

Good book

The book is quite good... has a lot of valuable lessons and great humors moments. However the plastic wrap on the cover started peeling on the edges.

Laugh-out-loud funny

It took 2 months to reach my hand, but the book is good for fun.

I absolutely love this book!"Born a Crime" is an incredible book! Trevor Noah's writing style and storytelling are both captivating and insightful. He skillfully blends humor with detailed accounts of his life, delivering powerful messages along the way. The book offers profound insights into experiences many of us may/may not have lived through and might or might not relate to. The book provides a deep understanding and sheds light on the mindset of those who perpetuate racism and other societal injustices. A must-read for anyone seeking a profound and entertaining narrative. Highly recommended!

Älskar

Half of the book printing is inside the binding. I need a refund on this book

Trevor Noah ha sido uno de mis presentadores favoritos de Late Night Show en Estados Unidos y uno de mis cómicos favoritos. Tiene una gran capacidad de escritura como comediante, pero este libro fue realmente una sorpresa. El libro está muy bien escrito y ha puesto todo su corazón y sentimientos en el libro. Explica todo el camino que tuvo que recorrer como persona mestiza en Sudáfrica hasta convertirse en uno de los cómicos de más éxito del mundo. Su estilo de escritura te permite conectar con él, empatizar con él y experimentar su viaje. El libro es ligero a veces y divertido, pero muy sombrío y oscuro en otras ocasiones. Es un libro con una profundidad real y las luchas de Trevor y de muchas otras personas que viven en Sudáfrica durante y después del apartheid. Todo lo que digo es que le den una oportunidad a este libro y no se arrepentirán.

If you like books that easily deliver social problems/issues with entertainment, this book is for you. The book “Born a Crime” written by Trevor Noah is an autobiography that proclaims Trevor Noah going through his life in Africa. Throughout the book, it shows that Trevor being colored or can be defined as having more than one race/mixed was rare back then when he was a kid. The small stories in the book give us an image of what it was like to be a colored kid and how it went for him along with having Apartheid affected him. Even though imagining how apartheid was is pretty hard, he made it easier by using exaggeration to make it more familiar for the readers to understand. This book is an adventure of Noah his race being colored troubles him in different areas from going outside to play with friends, which group to join in black or white, going to the groceries or walking with her mother, and when he is almost caught in camera when he stole the chocolates from the shopping mall. The book is also followed along with his jokes that ease the seriousness of the environment at the time and the wording used to describe how he can speak 4-5 different languages when he gets spoken in a different language as a chameleon since they change color due to them camouflaging depending on times. The author uses the title to spotlight the theme of identity. Just looking at the title of the book “BORN A CRIME” it uses simple words to give a deep meaning to it. Nowadays, being a colored/mixed person does occur. Although there is no apartheid which gives this title a sense of the uniqueness of the era. Also, it means that this title works because the author of this book is Trevor Noah. Noah recalls in chapter 2, “During apartheid, one of the worst crimes you could commit was having sexual relations with a person of another race.” Due to the fact that having sexual relations with another race is a crime, it gives a sense that Noah becomes a child of Patricia who is black, and Robert who is Swiss that he is a product of crime back then in apartheid which he refers as “Born a Crime.” Another element that the author uses is language. Throughout the book, language played a key aspect in Noah’s life. In chapter 4 he refers to himself as a chameleon, “ If you spoke to me in Zulu, I replied to you in Zulu. If you spoke to me in Tswana, I replied to you in Tswana.” Due to the point that by speaking different languages he breaks the barrier of being different races. It also shows that he was accepted because he proved that he can speak African languages. It's stated in chapter 4 “The black kids were fascinated… So the fact that I did speak African languages immediately endeared me to the black kids.” This shows that Noah was able to break the barrier of talking to different races and languages creating a path for him to get along with both the white and black people in the school. Throughout the book, Noah uses the title to give a spotlight on the theme of identity. The title is created with words that don’t go together and shows the fact that the title only applies to Noah who was involved with apartheid. Language is also used to highlight the theme of identity. The fact that he can speak multiple African languages changes his journey of being a colored kid back then in apartheid. Overall, I would give this book a solid 4.5 stars out of 5. I do like books that generally look back at how it was in specific eras and the history of the country, but having some hilarity incorporated with a serious topic makes the difference. I would definitely recommend this book if you haven’t read it.