Okwiri Oduor Things They Lost roman uit Kenia recensie en informatie over de inhoud. Op 14 april 2022 verschijnt bij uitgeverij Oneworld Publshing de nieuwe roman van de Keniaanse schrijfster Okwiri Oduor. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van de roman verschenen of aangekondigd.
Okwiri Oduor Things They Lost recensie en informatie
Als de redactie het boek leest, kun je op deze pagina recensie en waardering vinden van de roman Things They Lost. Het boek is geschreven door Okwiri Oduor. Daarnaast zijn hier gegevens van de uitgave en bestelmogelijkheden te vinden. Bovendien bevat deze pagina informatie over de inhoud van de nieuwe roman van de Keniaanse schrijfster Okwiri Oduor.
Things They Lost
- Schrijfster: Okwiri Oduor (Kenia)
- Soort boek: Keniaanse roman
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Oneworld Publications
- Verschijnt: 14 april 2022
- Omvang: 368 pagina’s
- Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
Flaptekst van de nieuwe roman van de Keniaanse schrijfster Okwiri Oduor
From the 2014 Caine Prize winner comes an astonishing new novel, riven through with mystery and magic, about a daughter’s quest to save her mother
The Manor Mabel Brown looms high over Mapeli Town, its rickety gate flanked by stone angels with severed heads, its yard full of tangled thorns and wildflowers. Inside these ramshackle walls lives Ayosa, twelve years old and the loneliest girl in the world.
With her mother prone to frequent disappearances, Ayosa’s only companions are the ghosts and spirits who wander through her Kenyan village. She craves escape, but more than that she longs for the love of her fearsome mother, Nabumbo Promise.
When a new friend arrives in the shape of Mbiu, Ayosa is forced to choose between protecting her mama and seizing a life of her own.
Okwiri Oduor’s stunningly original debut novel sings with Kenyan folklore and myth as it traces the fragile, intoxicating bond between a mother and daughter like no other.
Okwiri Oduor was born in Nairobi, Kenya. At the age of 25, she won the Caine Prize for African Writing 2014 for her story ‘My Father’s Head’. Later that year, she was named on the Hay Festival’s Africa39 list of 39 African writers under 40 who would define trends in African literature. She has been a MacDowell Colony fellow, and she received her MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She has a story forthcoming in Granta, and Things They Lost is her debut novel. She lives in Germany.