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Goldsboro Books

9781529153460

The Road to the Country

The Road to the Country

by Chigozie Obioma

Publisher Hutchinson Heinemann

Genre: Historical Fiction

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About the book

'Obioma is truly the heir to Chinua Achebe' New York Times
'Remarkable' Alice Walker
'A major new African writer' Salman Rushdie

At first the vision is grainy―like something seen through wet glass. But slowly it clears, and there appears the figure of a man.

When a country is plunged into civil war, two brothers on either side of it are divided. They will try to find their way back to each other. Kunle's search for his sibling becomes a journey of atonement which sees him conscripted into the army to fight a war he hardly understands. Once there, he will forge friendships to last a lifetime, and he will meet a woman who will change his world forever.

The story of a young man seeking redemption in a nation of fire, Chigozie Obioma's novel is an odyssey of brotherhood, love and unimaginable courage set during the Biafran War. Intertwining myth and realism into a thrilling, inspired and emotionally powerful novel, The Road to the Country is a masterpiece.

About the Author

Chigozie Obioma

Chigozie Obioma is a Nigerian award-winning writer whose first novel,The Fishermen, was a finalist for the Booker prize and won a number of prizes including an NAACP Image award, an LA Art Seidenbaum award, among others and was translated into 26 languages. His second novel,An Orchestra of Minoritieswas also shortlisted for the Booker prize.

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