Uwem Akpan: Say You're One of Them, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Say You're One of Them
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- Verlag:
- Little Brown and Company, 09/2009
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780316086370
- Artikelnummer:
- 5338949
- Umfang:
- 384 Seiten
- Copyright-Jahr:
- 2009
- Gewicht:
- 386 g
- Maße:
- 208 x 137 mm
- Stärke:
- 28 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 18.9.2009
- Hinweis
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Beschreibung
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.
Klappentext
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.
Biografie
Uwem Akpan wurde in Nigeria geboren und lehrt derzeit als Norman Freehling Gastprofessor an der Universität Michigan. Er studierte Philosophie, Englisch und Theologie. 2003 wurde er zum katholischen Priester ordiniert, 2006 erhielt er von der Universität von Michigan den MFA in Creative Writing.
