Chigozie Obioma - Böcker

Nioårige Benjamin är yngst av fyra oskiljaktiga bröder som växer upp i 1990-talets Nigeria. När deras stränge far lämnar hemmet för en tid utnyttjar bröderna sin nyvunna frihet till att fiska vid floden, en gång ren och livskraftig, numera en neds...

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'Obioma is truly the heir to Chinua Achebe' New York Times 'Remarkable' Alice Walker 'A major new African writer' Salman Rushdie At first the vision is grainy-like something seen through wet glass. But slowly it clears, and there appears the figur...

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Set in Nigeria in the late 1960s, The Road to the Country is the epic story of a shy, bookish student haunted by long-held guilt and shame who must go to war to free himself. When his younger brother disappears as the country explodes in civil war...

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Nioårige Benjamin är yngst av fyra oskiljaktiga bröder som växer upp i 1990-talets Nigeria. När deras stränge far lämnar hemmet för en tid utnyttjar bröderna sin nyvunna frihet till att fiska vid floden, en gång ren och livskraftig, numera en neds...

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THE TWICE BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR 'Obioma is truly the heir to Chinua Achebe' New York Times 'Incredibly moving and hopeful' Nadifa Mohamed 'Remarkable' Alice Walker 'A major voice' Salman Rushdie 'A ...

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With contributions by: William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina Nayeri, Chigozie Obioma, Michael Ondaatje, David Pilling, Max Por...

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Chigozie Obioma är tillbaka med en ödesmättad Romeo och Julia-historia om en fattig bondpojke och den passionerade kärlek som förändrar hans liv. Chinonso råkar passera förbi just när Ndali tänker hoppa från en bro. Mot alla odds blir de förälskad...

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In a small town in western Nigeria, four young brothers - the youngest is nine, the oldest fifteen - use their strict father's absence from home to go fishing at a forbidden local river. They encounter a dangerous local madman who predicts th...

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To define Nigeria is to tell a half-truth. Many have tried, but most have concluded that it is impossible to capture the true scope and significance of Africa?s most populous nation through words or images.Yet here, through personal essays from 24...

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A heartbreaking story about a Nigerian poultry farmer who sacrifices everything to win the woman he loves, by a Man Booker Finalist and author of The Fishermen .

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 From the author of the Booker-shortlisted novel, The Fishermen FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOKS OF 2019 'Obioma is truly the heir to Chinua Achebe' New York Times 'A major new African writer' Sal...

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LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 From the Author of the Booker-shortlisted novel, The Fishermen 'Obioma is truly the heir to Chinua Achebe' New York Times A young farmer named Chinonso prevents a woman from falling to her death. Bonded by this...

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A university student in Lagos tries to save his brother—and himself—amid the chaos of Nigeria's civil war in this masterful, transporting novel by the two-time Booker Prize finalist and "the heir to Chinua Achebe" ( New ...

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019From the author of the Booker-shortlisted novel, The FishermenFINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOKS OF 2019 'Obioma is truly the heir to Chinua Achebe' New York Times'A major new African writer' Salman Rushdie 'A profound...

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 From the author of the Booker-shortlisted novel, The Fishermen 'Obioma is truly the heir to Chinua Achebe' New York Times A young farmer named Chinonso prevents a woman from falling to her death. Bon...

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With contributions by: William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina Nayeri, Chigozie Obioma, Michael Ondaatje, David Pilling, Max Por...

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In a small Nigerian town, Ben and Obembe, along with their two older brothers, slip away to fish at a forbidden river. Unnoticed and carefree, they keep coming back until one day a madman's prophecy changes the course of their lives forever. ...

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Der Schutzgeist des jungen Chinonso ruft die Götter an. Hat sein Schützling nicht alles für seine groÿe Liebe Ndali getan? Hat er ihr auf der Brücke nicht das Leben gerettet? War es nicht ihre Familie, die Chinonso, den ungebildeten Farmer, m...

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Chigozie Obioma är tillbaka med en ödesmättad Romeo och Julia-historia om en fattig bondpojke och den passionerade kärlek som förändrar hans liv. Chinonso råkar passera förbi just när Ndali tänker hoppa från en bro. Mot alla odds blir de förälskad...

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Kun Benin isä joutuu lähtemään töihin Nigerian toiselle laidalle, Ben ja hänen kolme veljeään käyttävät tilaisuutta hyväkseen. Pojat ryhtyvät kalastelemaan pienen kylän kupeessa virtaavassa joessa, mikä on ankarasti kiellettyä. Joki on pahasti saa...

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