Dragonfly Sea

AvYvonne Adhiambo Owuor

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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'One of the most unforgettable books I have read in the last few years... What a writer! What a thinker! What a woman!' Fiammetta Rocco'Lyrical, compassionate, and deeply original, it has stayed with me, and is the novel I have most enjoyed this year' Sathnam Sanghera, author of EmpirelandThe Dragonfly Sea follows the unforgettable Ayaana's journey to adulthood after her small-island childhood is interrupted. Targeted first by religious fundamentalists and second by Chinese emissaries, Ayaana is sent on a container ship to study in China, where she is forced to grow up fast.With its epic scope and lush lyricism, Owuor evokes a fascinating kind of beauty in this dangerous, chaotic world and its ever-shifting oceans and trade. A transcendent story of love and adventure, and of the inexorable need for shelter in a dangerous world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-09-02
Mått:230 x 30 x 160 mm
Vikt:750 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:496
Förlag:Duckworth Books
ISBN:9781912836475

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Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor was born in Kenya. She is the author of Weight of Whispers, Dust, which was shortlisted for the Folio Prize, and The Dragonfly Sea. Winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing (2003), she has twice received an Iowa International Writers Fellowship and was shortlisted for the FT/OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices award. Her work has appeared in McSweeney's and other publications, and she has twice been a TEDx speaker (Nairobi and Euston). She has been a resident and fellow in several places including the Lannan Foundation, the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Civitella Ranieri, Dorothea Schlegel and the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies. She spends most of her time in Nairobi, Kenya.

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'Owuor's rich prose makes a pointed commentary about interconnectedness' C. A. Davids, Guardian

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Samuel Delany, Tananarive Due, Catherine Taylor, Jane Miller, Emilia Nielsen, Ru Puro, Sarah Vap, Rachel Levitsky, Tess Liem, Walter Johnson, Tef Poe, Robin D. G. Kelley, Vijay Iyer, Micki McEyla, Abdullah Taïa, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Mark Nowak, Roderick Ferguson, Ed Pavlic, Evie Shockley, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, Ladan Osman