Okparanta Chinelo - Under The Udala Trees - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: If you ve ever wondered if love can conquer all read this stunning coming - of - age debut. Marie Claire A New York Times Book Review Editors Choice Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR * Buzz Feed * Bustle * Shelf Awareness * Publishers Lunch This love story has hypnotic power. The New Yorker 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 and divisions of a nation are inscribed on the souls of its citizens. Powerful and heartbreaking Under the Udala Trees is a deeply moving commentary on identity prejudice and forbidden love (Buzz Feed). An important and timely read imbued with both political ferocity and mythic beauty. Bustle A real talent. Under the Udala Trees is the kind of book that should have come with a cold compress kit. It's sad and sensual and full of heat. John Freeman Electric Literature Demands not just to be read but felt. Edwidge Danticat
Title: Under The Udala Trees
Author(s): Okparanta Chinelo
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780544811799
Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 9/20/2016