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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 From the author of the Booker-shortlisted novel, The Fishermen FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOKS OF 2019 'Obioma is truly the heir to Chinua Achebe' New York Times 'A major new African writer' Salman Rushdie 'A profoundly humane epic love story' Booker Prize Judges 2019 A young farmer named Chinonso prevents a woman from falling to her death. Bonded by this strange night on the bridge, he and Ndali fall in love, but it is a mismatch according to her family who reject him because of his lowly status. Is it love or madness that makes Chinonso think he can change his destiny? Set across Nigeria and Cyprus, An Orchestra of Minorities , written in the mythic style of the Igbo tradition, weaves a heart-wrenching tale about fate versus free will. _______________________________________________________________________________ 'A spectacular artistic leap' Guardian 'Brilliantly original' The Economist 'A remarkable talent' Independent 'Few contemporary novels achieve the seductive panache of Obioma's heightened language, with its mixture of English, Igbo and colourful African-English phrases, and the startling clarity of the dialogue. The story is extreme; yet its theme is a bid for mercy for that most fragile of creatures - a human' Eileen Battersby, Guardian
| EAN: | 9780349143187 |
| Farbverschnitt: | Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2019 |
| Autoren: | Obioma, Chigozie |
| Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: | 516 |
| Keyword: | The Fishermen; Cyprus; literary fiction; Colson Whitehead; love story; political; Marlon James; mythology; African; Chigozie Obioma; Gabriel Garcia Marquez; Chinua Achebe; African literature; Paul Beatty; America Is Not the Heart Elaine Castillo; Zadie Smith; George Saunders; Nigeria; man booker shortlist; Black Leopard Red Wolf; Igbo; tragedy; tragic; man booker prize; booker prize longlist; booker prize finalists; booker prize short list; chigozie obioma book; new chigozie obioma book; booker prize chigozie; book about myth; the odyssey; who is on the booker prize long list; minority |
| Fachschema: | Amerikanische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Longlist Booker Prize 2019~Nigeria~Shortlist Booker Prize 2019 |
| Interesse Alter: | Bezug zu ethnischen Gruppen & Minderheiten |
| Imprint-Titels: | Abacus |
| Länge: | 125 mm |
| Breite: | 196 mm |
| Höhe: | 34 mm |