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020    9781942658405 (hardcover) 
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092    |fGN|aBESSORA 
100 0  Bessora,|d1968-|eauthor. 
245 10 Alpha :|bAbidjan to Paris /|cBessora ; Barroux ; 
       translated from the French by Sarah Ardizzone. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bBellevue Literary Press,|c2018. 
300    126 pages :|bcolor illustrations ;|c27 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "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. 
500    Chiefly illustrations. 
520    "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 --|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
586    Winner English PEN Award. 
586    Winner Prix Médecins sans frontières 2015. 
650  0 Immigrants|vComic books, strips, etc. 
655  7 Graphic novels.|2lcgft 
700 0  Barroux,|eillustrator. 
700 1  Ardizzone, Sarah,|d1970-|etranslator. 
730 0  Alpha.|lEnglish.