Alpha
Subtitle: Abidjan to Paris
By: Bessora ; Barroux ; translated from the French by Sarah Ardizzone
Contributors: Barroux, illustrator; Ardizzone, Sarah, 1970- translator
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9781942658405
Subjects: Families; Refugees; Survival; Translations into English; Comic books, strips; Voyages and travels; Emigration and immigration; Human trafficking
Work titles: Alpha
Description: "Determined to reunite with his family, Alpha sets off from his home in Cote d'Ivoire, bound for Paris, where his sister-in-law has a hair salon near the Gare du Nord train station. Alpha's wife and son left for France months ago, traveling without visas, and he has heard nothing from them since. With a visa, Alpha's journey would take a matter of hours. Without one, he is adrift for over a year, encountering human traffickers in the desert, refugee camps in Mali and Algeria, overcrowded boats carrying migrants between the Canary Islands and Europe's southern coast, and a cast of companions lost and found along the way. Throughout, Alpha stays the course, carrying his loved ones' photograph close to his heart as he makes his perilous trek across the continent --
Notes: Translation from the French of:  Alpha: Abidjan-Gare du Nord.

"First published in English in 2016 as Alpha: Abidjan to Gare du Nord by The Bucket List, Edinburgh. Originally published in French in 2014 as Alpha: Abidjan-Gare du Nord by Gallimard, Paris"--Title page verso.

Winner English PEN Award.

Winner Prix Médecins sans frontières 2015.