Book by Akpan Uwem
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Reseña del editor:
A collection of works builds on the author's 2005 tale, "An Ex-mas Feast," as previously published in The New Yorker and is complemented by such culturally relevant tales as "My Parents' Bedroom," "Luxurious Hearses," and "What Language Is That?" Reprint.
Contraportada:
Each story in this jubilantly acclaimed collection pays testament to the wisdom and resilience of children, even in the face of the most agonizing circumstances.
A family living in a makeshift shanty in urban Kenya scurries to find gifts of any kind for the impending Christmas holiday. A Rwandan girl relates her family’s struggles to maintain a facade of normalcy amid unspeakable acts. A young brother and sister cope with their uncle’s attempt to sell them into slavery. Aboard a bus filled with refugees—a microcosm of today’s Africa—a Muslim boy summons his faith to bear a treacherous ride across Nigeria. Through the eyes of childhood friends the emotional toll of religious conflict in Ethiopia becomes viscerally clear.
Uwem Akpan’s debut signals the arrival of a breathtakingly talented writer who gives a matter-of-fact reality to the most extreme circumstances in stories that are nothing short of transcendent.
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- EditorialBack Bay Books
- Año de publicación2009
- ISBN 10 0316113956
- ISBN 13 9780316113953
- EncuadernaciónTapa blanda
- Número de páginas360
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