The fishermen a novel
"Told from the point of view of nine-year-old Benjamin, the youngest of four brothers, The Fishermen is the Cain and Abel-esque story of an unforgettable childhood in 1990s Nigeria. When their father has to travel to a distant city for work, the brothers take advantage of his extended absence to ski...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Little, Brown and Company,
2015.
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| Edition: | First North American edition. |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The fishermen : |b a novel / |c Chigozie Obioma. |
| 250 | |a First North American edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Little, Brown and Company, |c 2015. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2015 | |
| 300 | |a 297 pages : |b illustrations, map ; |c 24 cm | ||
| 520 | |a "Told from the point of view of nine-year-old Benjamin, the youngest of four brothers, The Fishermen is the Cain and Abel-esque story of an unforgettable childhood in 1990s Nigeria. When their father has to travel to a distant city for work, the brothers take advantage of his extended absence to skip school and go fishing. At the forbidden nearby river, they encounter a madman who predicts that one of the brothers will kill another. What happens next is an almost mythic event whose impact--both tragic and redemptive--will transcend the lives and imaginations of The Fishermen's characters and its readers"--Back cover. | ||
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