The Resource Born a crime : stories from a South African childhood, Trevor Noah
Born a crime : stories from a South African childhood, Trevor Noah
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The item Born a crime : stories from a South African childhood, Trevor Noah represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Worthington Public Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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The item Born a crime : stories from a South African childhood, Trevor Noah represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Worthington Public Library.
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- Summary
- Trevor Noah is the host of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, where he gleefully provides America with its nightly dose of serrated satire. He is a light-footed but cutting observer of the relentless absurdities of politics, nationalism and race--and in particular the craziness of his own young life, which he's lived at the intersections of culture and history. In his first book, Noah tells his coming of age story with his larger-than-life mother during the last gasps of apartheid-era South Africa and the turbulent years that followed. Noah was born illegal--the son of a white, Dutch father and a black Xhosa mother, who had to pretend to be his nanny or his father's servant in the brief moments when the family came together. His brilliantly eccentric mother loomed over his life--a comically zealous Christian (they went to church six days a week and three times on Sunday), a savvy hustler who kept food on their table during rough times, and an aggressively involved, if often seriously misguided, parent who set Noah on his bumpy path to stardom. The stories Noah tells are sometimes dark, occasionally bizarre, frequently tender, and always hilarious--whether he's subsisting on caterpillars during months of extreme poverty or making comically pitiful attempts at teenage romance in a color-obsessed world; whether's he's being thrown into jail as the hapless fall guy for a crime he didn't commit or being thrown by his mother from a speeding car driven by murderous gangsters
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 7 audio discs (8 hours., 48 minutes)
- Note
-
- Duration: 08:48:00
- Compact discs
- Isbn
- 9781531865030
- Label
- Born a crime : stories from a South African childhood
- Title
- Born a crime
- Title remainder
- stories from a South African childhood
- Statement of responsibility
- Trevor Noah
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Trevor Noah is the host of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, where he gleefully provides America with its nightly dose of serrated satire. He is a light-footed but cutting observer of the relentless absurdities of politics, nationalism and race--and in particular the craziness of his own young life, which he's lived at the intersections of culture and history. In his first book, Noah tells his coming of age story with his larger-than-life mother during the last gasps of apartheid-era South Africa and the turbulent years that followed. Noah was born illegal--the son of a white, Dutch father and a black Xhosa mother, who had to pretend to be his nanny or his father's servant in the brief moments when the family came together. His brilliantly eccentric mother loomed over his life--a comically zealous Christian (they went to church six days a week and three times on Sunday), a savvy hustler who kept food on their table during rough times, and an aggressively involved, if often seriously misguided, parent who set Noah on his bumpy path to stardom. The stories Noah tells are sometimes dark, occasionally bizarre, frequently tender, and always hilarious--whether he's subsisting on caterpillars during months of extreme poverty or making comically pitiful attempts at teenage romance in a color-obsessed world; whether's he's being thrown into jail as the hapless fall guy for a crime he didn't commit or being thrown by his mother from a speeding car driven by murderous gangsters
- Cataloging source
- TOH
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1984-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Noah, Trevor
- Dewey number
-
- 791.4502/8092
- [B]
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- Literary text for sound recordings
- autobiography
- Music parts
- not applicable
- PerformerNote
- Read by the author
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Noah, Trevor
- Comedians
- Comedians
- Television personalities
- Target audience
- general
- Transposition and arrangement
- not applicable
- Label
- Born a crime : stories from a South African childhood, Trevor Noah
- Note
-
- Duration: 08:48:00
- Compact discs
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Carrier category
- audio disc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 7 audio discs (8 hours., 48 minutes)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781531865030
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Media category
- audio
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- CD audio, digital
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- System control number
-
- 2769954
- 2858532
- (OCoLC)ocn954570620
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
- Label
- Born a crime : stories from a South African childhood, Trevor Noah
- Note
-
- Duration: 08:48:00
- Compact discs
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Carrier category
- audio disc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 7 audio discs (8 hours., 48 minutes)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781531865030
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Media category
- audio
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- CD audio, digital
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- System control number
-
- 2769954
- 2858532
- (OCoLC)ocn954570620
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
Subject
- Comedians -- United States -- Biography
- Noah, Trevor, 1984-
- Television personalities -- United States -- Biography
- Audiobooks
- Comedians -- South Africa -- Biography
Genre
Included in
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Audio Nonfiction
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Celebrities
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Culture
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - E-Book Nonfiction
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Humor
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Paperback Nonfiction
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Race and Civil Rights
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