The Fishermen: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (579 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0316338354 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Add to that, the urgency and importance of his message. It is a novel that is all its own. A dynamic new voice from Africa--and one that deserves a listen."--Ofeibea Quist-Arcton,NPR'sBest Books of 2015"This year's most promising African newcomer may well prove to be Chigozie Obioma. Even a child can tell that this is no way to run a country. This is the best novel I have read so far this year, and that, I can assure you, is saying plenty."--Kathrine A. I believe that he has it in him to become one of the best writers of the upcoming crop of young African authors."--Nuruddin Farah, author of Maps and Hiding in Plain Sight. Few novels deserve to be called 'mythic,' but Chigozie Obioma's THE FISHERMEN is certainly one of them. Ingenious, subtle, ambitious and intriguing."--Stuart Kelly, Times Literary Supplement"Unforgettable. Ever
When their father has to travel to a distant city for work, the brothers take advantage of his absence to skip school and go fishing. At the forbidden nearby river, they meet a madman who persuades the oldest of the boys that he is destined to be killed by one of his siblings. Dazzling and viscerally powerful, THE FISHERMEN is an essential novel about Africa, seen through the prism of one family's destiny.. A striking debut novel about an unforgettable childhood, by a Nigerian writer the New York Times has crowned "the heir to Chinua Achebe."Told by nine-year-old Benjamin, the youngest of four brothers, THE FISHERMEN is the Cain and Abel-esque story of a childhood in Nigeria, in the small town of Akure. What happens next is an almost mythic event whose impact-both tragic and redemptive-will transcend the lives and imaginations of the book's characters and readers
Ralph Blumenau said What happens to a band of brothers. The book begins in Akure, in the south-west of Nigeria, in 1995, though there will be flashbacks to earlier events. The story is told, twenty years later by Ben Agwu, who in 1995 was nine years old. He has three older brothers: Obembe (then eleven), Boja (fourteen) and Ikenna (fifteen). They started to go fishing in a polluted river which, for superstitious reasons, is out of bounds to the . A story about stories I read a lot but I don't write many reviews because, in most cases, other reviewers have already said everything that I would say. With The Fishermen, though, I want to point out that this novel isn't just about Nigeria. This novel provides smart narrative insight into the way that stories affect human lives. The novel, which is set in Nigeria in the 1990s, revolves around a Nigerian family. Noeleen Mc Eneaney said A novel not to be missed.. This novel about a young family in war-torn Nigeria in the 90's is a wonderful but tragic read. It is about four brothers who have a baby sister and very strict and religious parents. Written by the 10 year old Ben it tells how the family's world changed dramatically when their father has to go away to work, while mom is left home to mind four feisty boys, a baby and the little business the
. The Fishermen is his first novel. Chigozie Obioma was born in Akure, Nigeria. His work has appeared in the Virginia Quarterly Review, Transition and The Millions, among others. Obioma has lived in Nigeria, Cyprus, and Turkey, and currently resides in the United States, where he teaches Literature and Writing at the University of Nebraska