Akwaeke Emezi

Extraordinaria ópera prima de Akwaeke Emezi, Agua dulce indaga en la experiencia de vivir con un yo fracturado. Ada es una niña nigeriana, que por haber nacido “con un pie en el otro lado”, acoge en

The astonishing new novel from the author of Freshwater - Longlisted for the Women''s Prize for Fiction and the Wellcome Book Prize. They burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died.One afternoon, a mother opens her front door to find the length of her son''s body stretched out on the veranda, swaddled in akwete material, his head on her welcome mat. The Death of Vivek Oji transports us to the day of Vivek''s birth, the day his grandmother Ahunna died. It is the story of an over protective mother and a distant father, and the heart-wrenching tale of one family''s struggle to understand their child, just as Vivek learns to recognize himself.Teeming with unforgettable characters whose lives have been shaped by Vivek''s gentle and enigmatic spirit, it shares with us a Nigerian childhood that challenges expectations. This novel, and its celebration of the innocence and optimism of youth will touch all those who embrace it.

One of Stylists Best Memoirs for Summer 2021Unlike anything Ive read . . . Remarkable.Roxane GayA thing of great beauty. Paris ReviewIn letters addressed to their friends, to members of their family - both biological and chosen - and to fellow storytellers, Akwaeke describes the shape of a life lived in overlapping realities. Through heartbreak, chronic pain, intimacy with death, becoming a beast, this is embodiment as a nonhuman: outside the boundaries imposed by expectations and legibility. This book is an account of the grueling work of realignment and remaking necessary to carve out a future for oneself.The result is a Black spirit memoir: a powerful, raw unfolding of identity.An audacious sojourn through the terror and beauty of refusing to explain yourself. New York Times

«A menudo me pregunto si morí de la mejor manera posible».Una tarde, en una ciudad del sureste de Nigeria, una madre abre la puerta de su casa y se encuentra el cuerpo de su hijo, envuelto en tela de

They burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died. One afternoon, a mother opens her front door to find the length of her son's body stretched out on the veranda, swaddled in akwete material, his head on her welcome mat. The Death of Vivek Oji transports us to the day of Vivek's birth, the day his grandmother Ahunna died. It is the story of an over protective mother and a distant father, and the heart-wrenching tale of one family's struggle to understand their child, just as Vivek learns to recognize himself. Teeming with unforgettable characters whose lives have been shaped by Vivek's gentle and enigmatic spirit, it shares with us a Nigerian childhood that challenges expectations. This novel, and its celebration of the innocence and optimism of youth will touch all those who embrace it.

They burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died. One afternoon, a mother opens her front door to find the length of her son's body stretched out on the veranda, swaddled in akwete material, his head on her welcome mat. The Death of Vivek Oji transports us to the day of Vivek's birth, the day his grandmother Ahunna died. It is the story of an over protective mother and a distant father, and the heart-wrenching tale of one family's struggle to understand their child, just as Vivek learns to recognize himself. Teeming with unforgettable characters whose lives have been shaped by Vivek's gentle and enigmatic spirit, it shares with us a Nigerian childhood that challenges expectations. This novel, and its celebration of the innocence and optimism of youth will touch all those who embrace it.

FRESHWATER

Produção de Michael B. Jordan pela Amazon Prime Feyi foi presenteada com a oportunidade de uma vida... Ela está prestes a ter a chance de escapar do calor escaldante e o caos urbano da cidade para as

SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZEAstonishing.StylistElectrifying.O: The Oprah MagazineBrilliant and heartbreaking.Marie ClairePropulsive and resonant.EsquireThey burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died.One afternoon, a mother opens her front door to find the length of her sons body stretched out on the veranda, swaddled in akwete material, his head on her welcome mat. The Death of Vivek Oji transports us to the day of Viveks birth, the day his grandmother Ahunna died. It is the story of an over protective mother and a distant father, and the heart-wrenching tale of one familys struggle to understand their child, just as Vivek learns to recognize himself.Teeming with unforgettable characters whose lives have been shaped by Viveks gentle and enigmatic spirit, it shares with us a Nigerian childhood that challenges expectations. This novel, and its celebration of the innocence and optimism of youth will touch all those who embrace it.

Completely blew me away. Daisy Johnson, author of Everything UnderOne of the most dazzling debuts Ive ever read. Taiye Selasi, author of Ghana Must GoIm urging everyone to read it. Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water CureAda has always been unusual. Her parents prayed her into existence, but something must have gone awry. Their troubled child begins to develop separate selves and is prone to fits of anger and grief.When Ada grows up and heads to college in America, a traumatic event crystallises the selves into something more powerful. As Ada fades into the background of her own mind, these alters - now protective, now hedonistic - take control, shifting her life in a dangerous direction.

Shes landed in the perfect place . . . to fall for the wrong man.THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERNOMINATED FOR THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS FOR ROMANCEA ZOELLA BOOK CLUB PICKA summer mustStylistGripping from page one VogueRaunchy, sad and upliftingGraziaTHE book of hot girl summerBustleHave you fallen for this INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING novelists sizzling hot entrance into the world of romance?Its the opportunity of a lifetime:Feyi is about to be given the chance to escape the Citys blistering heat for a dream island holiday: poolside cocktails, beach sunsets, and elaborate meals. And as the sun goes down on her old life our heroine also might just be ready to open her heart to someone new. . .The only problem is, shes falling for the one man she absolutely cant have.A must read for all romance lovers@between2books_Emezi is a dream of a writer. My heart soared and shook and panted.BOLU BABALOLAA scorching tale of love after loss.KirkusReviews

A Lucille ja no hi ha monstres, això diuen als nens. La Jam ha crescut amb aquesta lliçó ben apresa. Però quan troba la Mascota, un ésser emplomallat amb banyes i urpes esmolades, es veu obligada a q

How do you save the world from monsters if no one will admit they exist? She stumbled backwards, her eyes wide, as the figure started coming out of the canvas...She tried to be brave. Well, she said, her hands only a little shaky, at least tell me what I should call you....Well, little girl, it replied, I suppose you can call me Pet. There are no more monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. With doting parents and a best friend named Redemption, Jam has grown up with this lesson all her life. But when she meets Pet, a creature made of horns and colours and claws, who emerges from one of her mothers paintings and a drop of Jams blood, she must reconsider what shes been told. Pet has come to hunt a monster, and the shadow of something grim lurks in Redemptions house. Jam must fight not only to protect her best friend, but also to uncover the truth.In their riveting and timely young adult debut, acclaimed novelist Akwaeke Emezi asks difficult questions about what choices a young person can make when the adults around them are in denial.

From the critically acclaimed author of Pet and The Death of Vivek Oji, Bitter, a companion novel to Pet, takes a timely and riveting look at the power of youth, protest and art.Bitter is thrilled to have been chosen to attend Eucalyptus, a special school where she can focus on her painting surrounded by other creative teens. But outside this haven, the streets are filled with protests against the deep injustices that grip the town of Lucille.Bitters instinct is to stay safe within the walls of Eucalyptus . . . but her friends arent willing to settle for a world that the adults say is "just the way things are." Pulled between old friendships, her creative passion, and a new a romance, Bitter isnt sure where she belongs - in the art studio or in the streets. And if she does find a way to help the revolution while being true to who she is, she must also ask: at what cost?

L’Ada és una noia nigeriana amb un caràcter turbulent i volàtil que emigra als Estats Units per estudiar. Sembla una noia com les altres, però la seva ment està poblada per presències fosques i ances

We had done and survived unimaginable things. Our world was so much bigger than our town, the river full of crocodiles, and these forests wed grown up in. There was an entire sea out there to prove it.Somadina and her twin brother, Jayaike, are practically the same person: they finish each others sentences and make each other whole. When the twins come of age, their magical gifts begin to develop, but while Jayaikes powers enchant, Somadinas cause fear to ripple through her town.Always an outsider, Somadina now faces blatant - and dangerous - hostility. And things go from bad to worse when her brother, the one person she trusted, vanishes. Somadina knows that no matter the dangers, she must track him down. Even if it means entering the Sacred Forest. Even if it means gruelling, otherworldly travel she may not survive. Even if it means finding the hidden places where those closest to the spirit world dont dare to go.Does Somadina have the strength - within both her body and her soul - for the trying journey ahead?Sunday Times bestseller Akwaeke Emezi masterfully weaves a tale of identity, family, and the power of the past, in a world where the extraordinary is ordinary.

Després de passar-se la infància vagant per cases d’acollida, la Bitter està encantada d’haver estat admesa a Eucalyptus, una escola especial on es pot concentrar en el seu art rodejada d’altres adol

Extraordinaria ópera prima de Akwaeke Emezi, Agua dulce indaga en la experiencia de vivir con un yo fracturado. Ada, la protagonista de esta novela, es una niña nigeriana que por haber nacido «con un

FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHORA masterwork of the form . . . mesmerizing.New York TimesA fun, sexy, dangerous, dark thriller about corruption. Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahA dazzling literary talent.EsquireAkwaeke Emezis exhilarating new novel follows five people over the course of a weekend which will brutally upend all of their lives. As Kalu drops Aima at the airport, it marks the end of their four-year relationship. Shattered and broken open, he thinks thats the last he will see of his ex-girlfriend. But, reeling from the breakup, both Aima and Kalu find themselves drawn back to Lagos: to separate nights of decadence. When Kalu visits an exclusive sex party hosted by his best friend, Ahmed, he makes a decision that will plunge them all into chaos.On the other side of town, Ola and Souraya, fresh off their first-class flight from Kuala Lumpur, are getting ready for their own nights of pleasure, unaware that everything is about to go awry. Pulled into a whirlwind descent through the citys corrupt and glittering underworld, theyre all looking for a way out, fueled by a desperate need to escape the threat that looms over them.

Una tarde, en una ciudad del sureste de Nigeria, una madre abre la puerta de su casa y se encuentra el cuerpo de su hijo, envuelto en tela de colores, a sus pies. Así comienza la vibrante historia de una familia y sus dificultades para comprender a un hijo de espiritu tan delicado como enigmatico. Criado por un padre distante y una madre comprensiva pero sobreprotectora, Vivek a menudo sufre desmayos, momentos confusos de desconexion entre su ser y el mundo que lo rodea. Cuando la adolescencia de paso a la edad adulta, Vivek hallara consuelo en la amistad de un grupo de chicas calidas y escandalosas, todas hijas de las Nigerwives, una asociacion de mujeres nacidas en el extranjero y casadas con hombres nigerianos. Sin embargo, sera Osita, su primo, con quien forje el vinculo mas profundo. Lleno de vida y mas experimentado que Vivek, Osita oculta tras una fachada burlona de seguridad en si mismo una vida privada que no comparte con nadie. A medida que su relacion se vaya estrechando y Osita luche por comprender la crisis creciente de Vivek, el misterio estallara de forma sorprendente.Adictiva, vertiginosa y repleta de personajes inolvidables, La muerte de Vivek Oji es una magistral novela que indaga en la familia y la amistad, en las fronteras de la identidad personal, social y de genero y en el modo en que el colonialismo infecta a personas y paises. Un asombroso relato sobre la perdida, la libertad y la transcendencia que conmovera a quien lo lea.