In English
International Booker 2023 · Shortlist
Standing Heavy
Debout-payé
GauZ' · 43 when first published
Novel · 167 pages · Migration, Satire
Translated by Frank Wynne
AI-generated summary:Ossiri, an Ivorian student who arrives in Paris without papers in 1990, finds work as a security guard and watches the city and its shoppers from his post.