Akwaeke Emezi – författare

"Lika briljant som den är hjärtekrossande." MARIE CLAIRE

Ngwa, Nigeria. En eftermiddag hittas Vivek Ojis döda kropp utanför hans hem, insvept i ett färgglatt tygstycke. Med tiden förstår de förkrossade föräldrarna att deras son, som de kände som introvert och skör, var en helt annan människa bakom lyckta dörrar. Genom hans vänners berättelser framträder en frisinnad person full av liv, och bit för bit avtäcks hemligheterna om hans liv och död.

Vivek Ojis död är en hjärtskärande roman om vänskap, passion och kärlek och om en ung människa som inte ryms inom sitt samhälles trånga ramar.

AKWAEKE EMEZI (f. 1987) växte upp i Aba i Nigeria med en nigeriansk far och en mor från Malaysia, men bor numera i New Orleans i USA. Debutromanen Sötvatten innebär ett stort genombrott i den engelskspråkiga världen och produceras nu som TV-serie. Emezi har genom sitt författarskap blivit en ikon i queer- och transkretsar och har förekommit på omslaget till stora magasin som Time och Vogue. Hen har också givit ut två ungdomsromaner, en memoar och en diktsamling och tagit emot ett flertal priser. Vivek Ojis död är hens andra roman.

HELENA HANSSON har översatt en lång rad författare från Afrika, däribland 2021 års Nobelpristagare Abdulrazak Gurnah. För sin översättning av Sötvatten var hon finalist till priset Årets översättning.

"En bländande, förkrossande historia ... Ett pussel inslaget i ett vackert språk, som väcker frågor om identitet och lojalitet som är lika omöjliga att besvara som de är viktiga att ställa. NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

"Emezi uppmanar oss återigen att omfamna ett vidare spektrum av den mänskliga erfarenheten." WASHINGTON POST

"Vivek blir mer levande för varje sida som går. Han strålar som solen, omöjlig att stirra rakt in i men samtidigt alldeles oemotståndlig. Jag saknade honom när romanen tog slut. NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, USA

From New York Times bestselling author Akwaeke Emezi comes a steamy paranormal romance set in the Black South--a bold new foray that takes us on a journey of magic and fantasy, from the whispering creeks outside the city of Salvation to the very depths of Hell itself

Tenderhearted Galilee was raised by the Kincaids, a formidable clan of Black women sequestered deep in the weeping willows and dark rushing creeks of their land. Galilee has always known that she's different--that there is an old and unknowable secret around her very existence. It has been a hollow ache inside her since her childhood, something she assumes she will always have to live with.

Until she meets Lucifer Helel. He's fronting as the head of security for her wealthy friend Oriaku's family, protecting a mysterious, ancient artifact, but from the moment she lays eyes on him, Gali knows he's not human. From her first incendiary touch, Lucifer knows something even Gali herself doesn't--that she isn't human either.

Enter: Leviathan. As Lucifer's most trusted prince of Hell, Levi is ruthless and determined to eliminate the intolerable danger that is Galilee before she brings death and disaster to those he loves. While unseen battles rage between Hell, Heaven, and earth, Lucifer and Galilee's attraction threatens to bring all the structures of their existence crashing down around them.7

Soon, loyalties will be shattered and reformed as Kincaid secrets clash with the princes of Hell, driving even the most powerful to their knees. Galilee Kincaid must decide if she will step into herself and embrace the consequences of power in this astonishing, seductive, and wildly original fantasy.

FromNew York Timesbestselling author Akwaeke Emezi comes a steamy paranormal romance set in the Black Southa bold new foray that takes us on a journey of magic and fantasy, from the whispering creeks outside the city of Salvation to the very depths of Hell itself.

Tenderhearted Galilee was raised by the Kincaids, a formidable clan of Black women sequestered deep in the weeping willows and dark rushing creeks of their land. Galilee has always known that shes differentthat there isan oldand unknowable secret around her very existence. It has been a hollowache inside her since her childhood, something she assumes she will always have to live with.

Until she meets Lucifer Helel.Hes fronting as the head of security for her wealthy friend Oriakus family, protecting a mysterious, ancient artifact, but from the moment she lays eyes on him, Gali knows hes not human. From her first incendiary touch, Lucifer knows something even Gali herself doesntthatsheisnt human either.

Enter: Leviathan. As Lucifers most trusted prince of Hell, Levi is ruthless and determined to eliminate the intolerable danger that is Galilee before she brings death and disaster to those he loves. While unseen battles rage between Hell, Heaven, and earth,Lucifer and Galilees attraction threatens to bring all the structures of their existence crashing down around them.

Soon, loyalties will be shattered and reformed as Kincaid secrets clash with the princes of Hell, driving even the most powerful to their knees. Galilee Kincaid must decide if she will step into herself and embrace the consequences of power in this astonishing, seductive, and wildly original fantasy.

''A deliciously sexy paranormal romance set in the Black South'' Demi Winters, bestselling author of The Ashen Series''With enough romantic tension to make Hell itself look like tundra, this sizzling romance is an absolute delight'' Shalini Abeysekara, bestselling author of This Monster of MineFrom Sunday Times bestselling author Akwaeke Emezi comes a steamy paranormal romance set in the Black South - a bold new foray that takes us on a journey of magic and fantasy, from the whispering creeks outside the city of Salvation to the very depths of Hell itself.Galilee Kincaid is haunted by the pull of something ancient - a whisper in her bones, a secret too vast to name. Raised in the shadow of the Kincaid legacy, a formidable clan of Black women rooted in the weeping willows and rushing creeks, a hollow ache has always pulsed inside her . . .Until she meets him. Lucifer Helel. Head of security for her wealthy friend''s family, he guards a mysterious relic older than time itself. From the moment Gali lays eyes on him, something stirs within her. His gaze burns like fire, a predator''s hunger concealed behind the mask of a mortal. In an instant, Gali knows he is not human.From their very touch, Lucifer sees the truth about Gali - something she doesn''t even know. She''s not human either.Enter Leviathan, Lucifer''s most trusted prince of Hell. A creature of shadow and fury, Levi has one mission: destroy Galilee before she unravels the delicate balance that binds Heaven, Hell, and Earth.Because Lucifer and Galilee''s unstoppable attraction is more than forbidden - it''s powerful enough to tear apart the very fabric of existence. As war rages and the world teeters on the edge of eternity, will Galilee embrace the untamed force within her and risk everything to reclaim her true self?