West Africa
Nigeria
Contemporary
English
Fiction
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.
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Booker Prize shortlist 2019; Obioma's most ambitious formal experiment, rooting an African story in classical epic structure
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editorial-summarynot primary textNarrated 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. Booker Prize shortlist 2019; Obioma's most ambitious formal experiment, rooting an African story in classical epic structure
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