Yorb Boy Running (häftad)
Format
Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
288
Utgivningsdatum
2024-07-04
Förlag
Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Dimensioner
30 x 241 x 166 mm
Vikt
474 g
ISBN
9780241562697

Yorb Boy Running

Inbunden,  Engelska, 2024-07-04
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'A true artist. A brilliant writer. An original thinker' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Yorb Boy Running charts Samuel Ajayi Crowther's miraculous journey from slave to liberator, boy to man, running to resisting 'Run, j y, run!' The day the Malian slave traders invaded the Nigerian town of sogn, thirteen-year-old j y's life was split in two. Before, there was his childhood, surrounded by friends and family, watched over by the ancient Yorb gods of forest and water, earth and sky. After: capture, slavery - and release, into the service of a new god, his own culture left far behind. So j y becomes Samuel Crowther - missionary, linguist, minister - and abolitionist: driven to negotiate against his own people to end the miserable trade in human beings which destroyed his family. Drawing on the prolific writings of Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Biyi Bndl has created a many-voiced, kaleidoscopic portrait of an extraordinary man. From the heart-stopping drama of j y's last day of freedom to the farcical intrigue of the sogn court; from a meeting with Queen Victoria; to his consecration as the first African Bishop of the Anglican Church, his journey, like all great odysseys, circles back to where he began. By turns witty, moving and quietly political, Biyi Bndl's reimagining of Crowther's life is a brilliant tour de force. WITH AN INTRODUCTION FROM WOLE SOYINKA Biyi Bndl had a prolifically talented and creative mind, shown in everything he touched. Yorb Boy Running is no exception Chiwitel Ejiofor Cover artwork Chris Ofili, Blind Leading Blind, 2005 The artist.
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Riotous, exquisite, mesmerizing . . . Bndls prose mutates in tone from exuberance to sobriety, from the epic to the intimate, from bawdy humour to glacial understatement . . . [he] shifts from farce to tragedy and back, with lewd jokes suddenly giving way to scenes of sheer terror or gruesome violence . . . Yorb Boy Running doesnt pander to any fixed position: it is a testament to Biyi Bndls courage and integrity that, in this age of strident polarization, he chose not to shy away from moral complexity * Times Literary Supplement * A remarkable saga of perseverance, dedication and triumph over adversity . . . The wit and dramatic timing read like something by Wole Soyinka . . . We are lucky and grateful that the author was able to leave us with this bookend to his glorious if truncated career -- Helon Habila * Guardian * Biyi was a unique, all-responsive talent . . . The more he achieved, the further he aimed -- Wole Soyinka [A] literary maverick . . . His was a talent unrestrained by genre, medium, geography or period -- Alex Clark * Guardian * Biyi Bndl had a prolifically talented and creative mind, shown in everything he touched. Yorb Boy Running is no exception A magical, immersive journey . . . Bndl effortlessly draws the picture of the birth of colonial Nigeria with such panache and vibrancy that you are entertained while being deeply enlightened . . . Bndl allow us to both observe and care for the characters he brings us, from village elders and Muslim slave traders to English colonisers. Biyi Bndls wise and lyrical voice will be sorely missed Bndl excels both himself in this richly crafted novel, brimming with mirth, fervour and his sheer joy of language . . . This is the novel as homage, truth-telling, illumination. Im in awe, inspired. We have been gifted an almighty legacy -- Courttia Newland Bndl provides a fitting capstone to his career with this astonishing novel based on the life of Samuel j y Crowther . . . an unforgettable chronicle of an extraordinary man * Publishers Weekly (starred review) * Biyi Bndl's remains a master storyteller to the end. A magnificent novel; rich, humorous, lyrical, breathtaking. What a joy -- Chikodili Emelumadu In Yorb Boy Running, Bndl writes with a nimble, rigorous prose. He has left us a matchless parting gift in this magnificent, unforgettable novel. And we, his readers, are grateful -- Chika Unigwe

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Biyi Bandele was a novelist, playwright and filmmaker. He was the author of the novels, The Man Who Came in From the Back of Beyond, The Street, The Sympathetic Undertaker, Burma Boy and Yoruba Boy Running. His directorial debut was with Half of a Yellow Sun, based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Biyi Bandele passed away in 2022.