Akpan, Uwem
Summary: "A daring first novel in the great picaresque tradition-both buoyant comedy and devastating satire-by the author of the best-selling story collection Say You're One of Them. Ekong Udousoro is a Nigerian editor undertaking a reckoning with the brutal recent history of his homeland by curating a collection of stories about the Biafran War. He is thrilled when a publishing fellowship gives him the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2022
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Summary: This collection of five stories set in various African countries reveals the harsh consequences for children of life in Africa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Back Bay Books 2009
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Summary: These stories are told from the viewpoints of the children of Africa. Akpan's ability to capture a child's imagination and his skillful portrayal of the situation they endure is nothing short of transcendent. His stories humanize the perils of poverty and violence so piercingly that few readers will feel they've ever encountered Africa so immediately.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2008
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Summary: Uwem Akpan's stunning stories humanize the perils of poverty and violence so piercingly that few readers will feel they've ever encountered Africa so immediately. The eight-year-old narrator of "An Ex-Mas Feast" needs only enough money to buy books and pay fees in order to attend school. Even when his twelve-year-old sister takes to the streets to raise these meager funds, his dream can't be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2008