**A heart-breaking story about a Nigerian poultry farmer who sacrifices everything to win the woman he loves, by Man Booker Finalist and author of _The Fishermen,_ Chigozie Obioma.****** Set on the outskirts of Umuahia, Nigeria and narrated by a _chi,_ or guardian spirit, AN ORCHESTRA OF MINORITIE
An orchestra of minorities: a novel
β Scribed by Chigozie Obioma
- Book ID
- 100560687
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 388 KB
- Edition
- First edition
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- New York, Nigeria,Nigeria.
- ISBN
- 140871079X
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β¦ Synopsis
-- The Fishermen, Set on the outskirts of Umuahia, Nigeria and narrated by a chi, Bonded by this night on the bridge, Chinonso and Ndali fall in love. But Ndali is from a wealthy family and struggles to imagine a future near a chicken coop. When her family objects to the union because he is uneducated, Chinonso sells most of his possessions to attend a college in Cyprus. But when he arrives he discovers there is no place at the school for him, and that he has been utterly duped by the young Nigerian who has made the arrangements. Penniless, homeless, and furious at a world which continues to relegate him to the sidelines, Chinonso gets further away from his dream, from Ndali and the farm he called home. Spanning continents, traversing the earth and cosmic spaces, and told by a narrator who has lived for hundreds of years, the novel is a contemporary twist of Homer's Odyssey. Written in the mythic style of the Igbo literary tradition, Chigozie Obioma weaves a heart-wrenching epic about destiny and determination.
β¦ Subjects
Nigeria
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