Overview
Region
West Africa
Nigeria
Era
Contemporary
Language
English
Genre
Fiction
About This Work
Narrated by a man's chi (personal spirit), the novel follows Chinonso's journey from Nigeria to Cyprus on a doomed quest for love, inspired by the Igbo epic Odunke. A maximalist mythic novel.
Literary Significance
Booker Prize shortlist 2019; Obioma's most ambitious formal experiment, rooting an African story in classical epic structure