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Author Name
Uwem Akpan
Title Say You're One of Them PB
Binding Paperback
Publisher Little, Brown and Company 2008
ISBN Number
0316086371 / 9780316086370
Seller ID 8074
Has some cover curl and general wear but still a good readable copy. ; Oprah's Book Club; 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.5 Inches; 384 pages; 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.
Short Stories Literature & Fiction Books
Price =
6.95 USD
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