"When ever I come to a new place, I find out first how I was there can kill. "
Quite unusual words for a 16 year old. But Little Bee is no ordinary girl. She was born in Nigeria and is on the run because she has seen, by what methods the exploitation of Nigeria's oil reserves are depressed.
"When the men suddenly come, I will be ready to kill me. "
The men who pursue them and not shy away from torture and murder are subliminally always present.
gift they were also met, as Little Bee, the English journalist couple Sarah and Andrew. How tragic and traumatic was this encounter, the book is gradually clear.
Little Bee have no choice but to flee to Europe. There they landed first in a British detention camps, where she is being held for two years. But she uses the time.
"To survive, you need to look good and speak well."
Little Bee, who has seen what men do to women can opt for the latter and learn the English of the queen.
Finally she comes out of the camp and appears at Sarah, who just buried that day her husband Andrew. And now, the whole tragedy of this unusual compound and Little Bee's story reveals.
This book is disturbing, it is evocative, it is dramatic, realistic, and difficult to stomach. The criticism of the African states and the European do-gooders is clear, but not ideologically embellished. The story is emotional, but not tacky.
It is impossible to imagine the pull of this brilliant written book, the long lasting effect to withdraw.
Chris Cleave: Little Bee . ISBN 9783423248198, Flexible Binding, 300 pages, published on 01.02.2011 at dtv
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