Say You're One Of Them Uwem Akpan

Name: Say You're One Of Them von Uwem Akpan
SKU: 9780349120645
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Zusammenfassung

A powerful and vivid debut collection describing the plight of children caught up in difficult and often harrowing situations throughout the continent of Africa.

Say You're One Of Them Zusammenfassung

Say You're One Of Them Uwem Akpan

Nothing interests Maman today, not even Jean, her favorite child ... She acts dumb, bewitched, like a goat that the neighborhood children have fed sorghum beer.'

These extraordinary stories centre on African conflicts as seen through the eyes of children and describes their resilience and endurance in heartbreaking detail. From child trafficking to inter-religious conflicts, Uwem Akpan reveals in beautiful prose the resilience and endurance of children faced with the harsh consequences of deprivation and terror.

Say You're One Of Them Bewertungen

Say You're One of Them gives voice to its children in beautifully crafted prose and stunning detail. Uwem Akpan is a major new literary talent. * Peter Godwin, author of Mukiwa *
Uwem Akpan writes with a politcal fierceness and a humanity so full of compassion it might just change the world. His is a burning talent. * Chris Abani, author of The Virgin of the Flames *

Über Uwem Akpan

Uwem Akpan was born in Nigeria. He was ordained as a Jesuit priest in 2003 and received his MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan in 2006. He is currently living in Zimbabwe where he has taken up a teaching post.

Zusätzliche Informationen

Sku

GOR001378678

ISBN 13

9780349120645

ISBN 10

0349120641

Titel

Say You're One Of Them Uwem Akpan

Autor

Uwem Akpan

Zustand

Gebraucht - Sehr Gut

Bindung

Broschiert

Verlag

Little, Brown Book Group

Datum

20090305

Anzahl der Seiten

304

Preise

Winner of Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best First Book (Africa Region) 2009 (UK) Long-listed for Guardian First Book Award 2008 (UK)

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