An Orchestra of Minorities

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<p><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019</b><br><br><b>From the author of the Booker-shortlisted novel, <i>The Fishermen</i></b><br><br><b><i>FINANCIAL TIMES </i>BEST BOOKS OF 2019 </b><br><br><b>'Obioma is truly the heir to Chinua Achebe' </b><i>New York Times</i><br><b><br>'A major new African writer'</b> Salman Rushdie <br><br><b>'A profoundly humane epic love story' </b>Booker Prize Judges 2019<br><br>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?<br><br>Set across Nigeria and Cyprus, <i>An Orchestra of Minorities</i>, written in the mythic style of the Igbo tradition, weaves a heart-wrenching tale about fate versus free will.<br><b>_______________________________________________________________________________</b><br><b><br>'A spectacular artistic leap' <i>Guardian</i></b><br><b><br>'Brilliantly original' <i>The Economist</i></b><br><b><br>'A remarkable talent' <i>Independent</i></b><br><b><br>'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, <i>Guardian</i></b></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780349143187

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

125 x 196 x 34 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Verlag / Hersteller

Little, Brown Book Group