The fishermen : a novel /
Saved in:
Author / Creator: | Obioma, Chigozie, 1986- author. |
---|---|
Edition: | First North American edition. |
Imprint: | New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2015. |
Description: | 297 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
Language: | English |
Subject: | |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10156309 |
ISBN: | 9780316338370 0316338370 |
---|---|
Summary: | "Told from the point of view of nine-year-old Benjamin, the youngest of four brothers, The Fishermen is the Cain and Abel-esque story of an unforgettable childhood in 1990s Nigeria. When their father has to travel to a distant city for work, the brothers take advantage of his extended absence to skip school and go fishing. At the forbidden nearby river, they encounter a madman who predicts that one of the brothers will kill another. What happens next is an almost mythic event whose impact--both tragic and redemptive--will transcend the lives and imaginations of The Fishermen's characters and its readers"--Page 4 of cover. |
Similar Items
-
An orchestra of minorities : a novel /
by: Obioma, Chigozie, 1986-
Published: (2019) -
The Joys of motherhood : a novel /
by: Emecheta, Buchi
Published: (2013) -
The secret lives of Baba Segi's wives /
by: Shoneyin, Titilola Alexandrah
Published: (2010) -
King of the jungle /
by: Yadok, Bizuum
Published: (2014) -
The extinction of Menai : a novel /
by: Nwokolo, Chuma
Published: (2018)