Sankofa: A BBC Between the Covers Book Club Pick and Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
Autor Chibundu Onuzoen Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 iun 2021
A BBC 2 BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION FUTURES PRIZE
AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
'A captivating story about a mixed-race British woman who goes in search of the West African father she never knew' REESE WITHERSPOON
Anna is at a stage of her life when she's beginning to wonder who she really is. She has separated from her husband, her daughter is all grown up, and her mother - the only parent who raised her - is dead.
Searching through her mother's belongings, she finds clues about the West African father she never knew. Through reading his student diary, chronicling his involvement in radical politics in 1970s London, she discovers that he eventually became the president (some would say the dictator) of a small nation in West Africa - and he is still alive. She decides to track him down and so begins a funny, painful, fascinating journey, and an exploration of race, identity and what we pass on to our children.
'A real pleasure, it's funny, thought-provoking and holds a light up to everything from cultural differences to colonialism' STYLIST
'I LOVED Sankofa SO MUCH' MARIAN KEYES
'Slick pacing and unpredictable developments keep the reader alert right up to the novel's exhilarating ending' GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY
'Onuzo's sneakily breezy, highly entertaining novel leaves the reader rethinking familiar narratives of colonisation, inheritance and liberation' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
'A really great book, very poignant' SARA COX
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780349013145
ISBN-10: 0349013144
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 134 x 214 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Virago
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0349013144
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 134 x 214 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Virago
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Recenzii
Utterly compelling ... A disarmingly moving, surprisingly hilarious and fascinating journey
I LOVED Sankofa SO MUCH. It explores identity, duality, belonging, racism, post-colonialism ... and the writing style is beguilingly cool, wry, detached
Onuzo displays astonishing imagination and versatility in this fantastic novel about a woman's search for her personal, familial and national identity, delivered with deadpan humour in captivating prose
Captivating... A beautiful book about a woman brave enough to discover her true identity
Slick pacing and unpredict able developments keep the reader alert right up to the novel's exhilarating ending
Onuzo's sneakily breezy, highly entertaining novel leaves the reader rethinking familiar narratives of colonization, inheritance and liberation
A real pleasure, it's funny, thought-provoking and holds a light up to everything from cultural differences to colonialism
I loved venturing from London to the fictional African nation of Bamana in Sankofa, a novel I found hard to put down
A really great book, very poignant but also told really straight
A stirring narrative about family, our capacity to change and the need to belong
Wonderful. Poignant and powerful and so timely and the beautiful ending had me in tears, reminding me to look within as well as without for my answers
Spellbinding . . . Onuzu's spare style elegantly cuts to the core of her themes. The balancing of Anna's soul-searching with her thrilling discoveries makes for a satisfying endeavour
Unscrupulous politicians, irresponsible journalism, and the yawning gap between rich and poor feel deeply personal as Anna's journey unfolds . . . Fresh and new
A hugely compelling novel about identity and the stories we tell about ourselves
An engagingly written journey of self-discovery
Uniquely layered and lovingly written
A gripping, surprising and funny story of a mixed-race British woman who goes in search of the African father she never knew, by award-winning author Chibundu Onuzo.
Anna grew up in London with her white mother and knowing very little about her African father. In middle age, after separating from her husband and with her daughter all grown up, she finds herself alone and wondering who she really is. Her mother's death leads her to find her father's student diaries, chronicling his involvement in radical politics in 1970s London. She discovers that he eventually became the president - some would say the dictator - of Bamana in West Africa. And he is still alive.
She decides to track him down and so begins a funny, painful, fascinating journey, and an exploration of race, identity and what we pass on to our children.
Praise for Welcome to Lagos:
'Entertaining and impressive' Helon Habila
'Nothing evades Onuzo's biting prose and whipsmart humour' Independent
'Tremendous' William Boyd
I LOVED Sankofa SO MUCH. It explores identity, duality, belonging, racism, post-colonialism ... and the writing style is beguilingly cool, wry, detached
Onuzo displays astonishing imagination and versatility in this fantastic novel about a woman's search for her personal, familial and national identity, delivered with deadpan humour in captivating prose
Captivating... A beautiful book about a woman brave enough to discover her true identity
Slick pacing and unpredict able developments keep the reader alert right up to the novel's exhilarating ending
Onuzo's sneakily breezy, highly entertaining novel leaves the reader rethinking familiar narratives of colonization, inheritance and liberation
A real pleasure, it's funny, thought-provoking and holds a light up to everything from cultural differences to colonialism
I loved venturing from London to the fictional African nation of Bamana in Sankofa, a novel I found hard to put down
A really great book, very poignant but also told really straight
A stirring narrative about family, our capacity to change and the need to belong
Wonderful. Poignant and powerful and so timely and the beautiful ending had me in tears, reminding me to look within as well as without for my answers
Spellbinding . . . Onuzu's spare style elegantly cuts to the core of her themes. The balancing of Anna's soul-searching with her thrilling discoveries makes for a satisfying endeavour
Unscrupulous politicians, irresponsible journalism, and the yawning gap between rich and poor feel deeply personal as Anna's journey unfolds . . . Fresh and new
A hugely compelling novel about identity and the stories we tell about ourselves
An engagingly written journey of self-discovery
Uniquely layered and lovingly written
A gripping, surprising and funny story of a mixed-race British woman who goes in search of the African father she never knew, by award-winning author Chibundu Onuzo.
Anna grew up in London with her white mother and knowing very little about her African father. In middle age, after separating from her husband and with her daughter all grown up, she finds herself alone and wondering who she really is. Her mother's death leads her to find her father's student diaries, chronicling his involvement in radical politics in 1970s London. She discovers that he eventually became the president - some would say the dictator - of Bamana in West Africa. And he is still alive.
She decides to track him down and so begins a funny, painful, fascinating journey, and an exploration of race, identity and what we pass on to our children.
Praise for Welcome to Lagos:
'Entertaining and impressive' Helon Habila
'Nothing evades Onuzo's biting prose and whipsmart humour' Independent
'Tremendous' William Boyd
Notă biografică
Chibundu Onuzo was born in Lagos, Nigeria and lives in London. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and regular contributor to The Guardian, she is the winner of a Betty Trask Award, has been shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Commonwealth Book Prize, and the RSL Encore Award, and has been longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and Etisalat Literature Prize. She is the author of Welcome to Lagos, and Sankofa is her third novel.