The road to the country a novel
"At first the vision is grainy-like something seen through wet glass. But slowly it clears, and there appears the figure of a man. When Kunle's younger brother disappears as his country explodes in civil war, Kunle must set out on an impossible rescue mission behind enemy lines. Set in Nigeria in th...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Hogarth,
[2024]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "At first the vision is grainy-like something seen through wet glass. But slowly it clears, and there appears the figure of a man. When Kunle's younger brother disappears as his country explodes in civil war, Kunle must set out on an impossible rescue mission behind enemy lines. Set in Nigeria in the late 1960s, The Road to the Country is the epic story of a shy, bookish student haunted by long-held guilt and shame who must go to war to free himself. Kunle's search for his brother becomes a journey of atonement that will see Kunle conscripted into the breakaway Biafran army and forced to fight a war he hardly understands"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 358 pages : map ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780593596975 0593596978 |
| Author Notes: | Chigozie Obioma is a Nigerian novelist who wrote, The Fishermen, and will be featured at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2015 program. He made the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2015 shortlist. He also made the shortlist for the UK¿s £10,000 (A$21,394) Guardian First Book Award. (Bowker Author Biography) |
