'This audacious, brilliant novel has it all' CHIKA UNIGWE
'Expansive, elegant and pathbreaking' TOPE FOLARIN
'An equation of life, time and magic' NICK MAKOHA
Ezeani is no ordinary child. He sees things others don't.
Despite the burden of these visions, his precocious nature blossoms into genius and Ezeani grows up to be a gifted mathematician and physicist. When he leaves Nigeria and his adoring family behind to study at Cornell in the US, he remains haunted by his most persistent vision, Anyanwu, the Sun God. While Ezeani is adjusting to his new life in America, Anyanwu's presence takes on an increasingly sinister and malevolent form - and chaos reigns. It's enough to make anyone lose their grip on reality.
The Comfort of Distant Stars is a bold coming-of-age tale blending physics, philosophy and Igbo cosmology, examining how we understand our place in the universe. It ponders the big questions we all ask ourselves about the nature of time and of being - ultimately revealing the startling vulnerability of the human mind.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
This book is an equation of life, time and magic observed from a distant star -- NICK MAKOHA Part coming of age, part reflection on the nature of time, The Comfort of Distant Stars is an artful blend of physics, philosophy and polytheistic cosmology. A physicist and a sun god together is a perfect metaphor for the African world view, and Ezeani's experiences in the West mirror those of us all. I love the richness and complexity of this book . . . All the human moments struck a chord -- TADE THOMPSON Igbo spirituality, physics, betrayal: this audacious, brilliant novel has it all. It challenges everything we know about how to write and invites us to rethink how we perceive the world. Echeruo's prose is powerful. The Comfort of Distant Stars will deserve every prize it wins -- CHIKA UNIGWE There is so much to admire and savour in this breathtaking meditation on time and memory. Echeruo shows remarkable range weaving through the dualities of existence: science versus the supernatural, tradition versus modernity, genius versus lunacy, the family versus the individual . . . This is an ambitious and accomplished debut novel. I'm impatient to read Echeruo's next work -- STEPHEN BUORO The Comfort of Distant Stars is an expansive, elegant and pathbreaking novel that contends with the span of a human life and the vagaries of space and time. I read this novel in a daze - utterly taken with its alluring voice, and utterly moved by its ambition and heart. Echeruo is a storyteller of grace and warmth, and this novel is a gift -- TOPE FOLARIN Praise for Expert In All Styles and I. O. Echeruo: There's a refreshing absence of the formulaic in his writing, which makes this a collection of exquisitely observed stories written with bracing honesty -- BRIAN CHIKWAVA Echeruo has a good ear. His characters are sharply drawn, and his stories are filled with wit, beauty and heart -- CHIKA UNIGWE
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Sprache
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Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Produkt-Hinweis
Maße
Höhe: 220 mm
Breite: 141 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-83726-333-2 (9781837263332)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
I.O. Echeruo's debut story collection, Expert in All Styles, was published by Nigerian publisher Farafina and his short fiction has appeared in Transition and Eclectica magazines. He spends his time between Lagos, Nigeria and Accra, Ghana.
