Embarking on an extraordinary journey through Nigeria, an award-winning novelist and doctor recounts the stories of the communities and individuals impacted by HIV/AIDS--all of whom are trying to make
Remarkable. . . . Iweala never wavers from a gripping, pulsing narrative voice. . . . He captures the horror of ethnic violence in all its brutality and the vulnerability of youth in all its innocence
In this stunning debut novel, Agu, a young boy in an unnamed West African nation, is recruited into a unit of guerrilla fighters as civil war engulfs his country. Haunted by his father's own death at
This movie-tie in edition of the acclaimed debut novel by Uzodinma Iweala tells the unforgettable story of the life of a child soldier in a war-torn African country.In this stunning debut novel, Agu,
"A lovely slender volume that packs in entire worlds with complete mastery. Speak No Evil explains so much about our times and yet is never anything less than a scintillating, page-turning read."—Gary
On the surface, Niru leads a charmed life. Raised by two attentive parents in Washington, D.C., he's a top student and a track star at his prestigious private high school. Bound for Harvard, his prosp
"A lovely slender volume that packs in entire worlds with complete mastery. Speak No Evil explains so much about our times and yet is never anything less than a scintillating, page-turning read."̵
"A lovely slender volume that packs in entire worlds with complete mastery. Speak No Evil explains so much about our times and yet is never anything less than a scintillating, page-turning read."̵
In this stunning debut novel, Agu, a young boy in an unnamed West African nation, is recruited into a unit of guerrilla fighters as civil war engulfs his country. Haunted by his father's own death at
Embarking on an extraordinary journey through Nigeria, an award-winning novelist and doctor recounts the stories of the communities and individuals impacted by HIV/AIDS--all of whom are trying to make
A powerful novel by the great Kenyan author and Nobel Prize contender?the latest in the Penguin African Writers Series A legendary work of African literature, this moving and eye-opening novel lucidl
