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Voice of America: Stories
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General FictionLiterary Fiction
ISBN13: 9780061990878
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: Oct 25 2011
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.30 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
E.C. Osondu is a man with a clear head and a great ear, writing from crucial places. --Jonathan Franzen, author of Freedom and The Corrections
With observant wonder and subtle humor, [Osondu] portrays...our unique capacity for hope and hopelessness rolled together. --Mary Gaitskill, author of Bad Behavior and Veronica
This collection of vivid, compulsively readable stories marks the debut of Nigerian author E.C. Osondu, winner of the 2009 Caine Prize for African Writing. In the tradition of Wole Soyinka, Nadine Gordimer, J.M. Coetzee, and Chinua Achebe (all patrons of the Caine Prize), Osondu's stories are wise, soul-stirring, and deeply compelling. In electrifying prose, he articulate the struggles of Nigerian immigrants in America, and refugees, villagers, and ex-patriots in Africa. Voice of America marks the beginning for a brave and remarkable new voice in African Literature.
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