Ijeoma comes of age as her nation does. Born before independence, she is eleven when civil war breaks out in the young republic of Nigeria. Sent away to safety, she meets another displaced child and they, star-crossed, fall in love. They are from different ethnic communities. They are also both girls. But when their love is discovered, Ijeoma learns that she will have to hide this part of herself—and there is a cost to living inside a lie. Inspired by Nigeria's folktales and its war, Chinelo Okparanta shows us, in "graceful and precise" prose (New York Times Book Review), how the struggles an Under the Udala Trees - Chinelo Okparanta od authora Chinelo Okparanta a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Chinelo Okparanta |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
336 |
Rok vydání |
2016 |
Žánr |
beletrie |
Typ |
filmy |
Nakladatelství |
Mariner Books |