Nkweti Nana - Walking On Cowrie Shells Stories - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: A boisterous and high - spirited debut (Kirkus starred review) that enthralls the reader through their every twist and turn (Publishers Weekly starred review) named one of the Most Anticipated Books for Brittle Paper The Millions and The Rumpus penned by a finalist for the AKO Caine Prize In her powerful genre - bending debut story collection Nana Nkweti's virtuosity is on full display as she mixes deft realism with clever inversions of genre. In the Caine Prize finalist story It Takes a Village Some Say Nkweti skewers racial prejudice and the practice of international adoption delivering a sly tale about a teenage girl who leverages her adoptive parents to fast - track her fortunes. In The Devil Is a Liar a pregnant pastor's wife struggles with the collision of western Christianity and her mother's traditional Cameroonian belief system as she worries about her unborn child. In other stories Nkweti vaults past realism upending genre expectations in a satirical romp about a jaded PR professional trying to spin a zombie outbreak in West Africa and in a mermaid tale about a Mami Wata who forgoes her power by remaining faithful to a fisherman she loves. In between these two ends of the spectrum there's everything from an aspiring graphic novelist at a comic con to a murder investigation driven by statistics to a story organized by the changing hairstyles of the main character. Pulling from mystery horror realism myth and graphic novels Nkweti showcases the complexity and vibrance of characters whose lives span Cameroonian and American cultures. A dazzling inventive debut Walking on Cowrie Shells announces the arrival of a superlative new voice.
Title: Walking On Cowrie Shells Stories
Author(s): Nkweti Nana
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Barcode: 9781644450543
Pages: 176 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 6/1/2021
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction