Ixelles
Will be published approx. on 10. August 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
468 pages
978-1-949641-69-1 (ISBN)
Description
A thrilling literary novel about the inescapability of the past and the power of fiction for fans of Percival Everett and Colson Whitehead. Johannes Anyuru, who received the CLMP Firecracker Award for Fiction, examines contemporary city life with a cool eye and brilliant imagination, casting its characters in a heartrending drama of possibility.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
470 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-949641-69-1 (9781949641691)
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Persons
Johannes Anyuru is a poet, novelist, and playwright. He debuted in 2003 with the critically acclaimed collection of poems Only The Gods Are New. They Will Drown in Their Mothers' Tears was awarded the August Prize and film rights have been acquired by Momento Film. Anyuru's work has been likened to a mix between Nobel Laureate Thomas Tranströmer and a hip-hop MC.