Shortlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize, the Saboteur Awards, the Shirley Jackson Award and the Jhalak Prize. A startling debut short story collection from the award-winning author of Butterfly Fish.
Irenosen Okojie Libri
Irenosen Okojie scrive della vulnerabilità dello spirito umano e dei modi in cui la affrontiamo. La sua prosa è caratterizzata da un ritmo ipnotico e da una visione penetrante della psiche umana. Esplora temi di identità, sradicamento e la ricerca di appartenenza con un'onestà inflessibile. La sua scrittura è intrisa di cruda potenza emotiva, lasciando spesso il lettore in uno stato di profonda contemplazione.
The AKO Caine Prize for African Writing 2020
- 120pagine
- 5 ore di lettura
Now in its 21st year, the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing is African's leading literary prize, and is awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere. The collection brings together the five stories on the 2020 shortlist.
A fragile outsider living in London, Joy struggles to pull the threads of her life back together after her mother's sudden death. As family secrets come to light, she unearths the ties between her mother, grandfather, the wife of the king, a fearsome warrior, and a brass head's pivotal connection to them all.
A vivid coming-of-age epic following the intersecting lives of Seraphin, a young man forced from his homeland due to civil war in Rwanda, and a host of eclectic characters in Namibia, Brussels, Paris, and Cape Town.
Nudibranch
- 256pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
A dark and lyrical collection of short stories from the author of the critically acclaimed Speak Gigantular and Butterfly Fish, whose unique voice has been praised by writers like Ben Okri and Stella Duffy.
Curandera
- 272pagine
- 10 ore di lettura
From an award-winning author comes this thrilling, experimental new novel exploring the darker elements of shamanism, desire, betrayal and friendship - across time and dimensions.