Curandera
- 272pages
- 10 heures de lecture
From an award-winning author comes this thrilling, experimental new novel exploring the darker elements of shamanism, desire, betrayal and friendship - across time and dimensions.
Irenosen Okojie Ordre des livres
Irenosen Okojie écrit sur la vulnérabilité de l'esprit humain et la manière dont nous la gérons. Sa prose se caractérise par un rythme envoûtant et un aperçu pénétrant de la psyché humaine. Elle explore des thèmes d'identité, de déplacement et la quête d'appartenance avec une honnêteté inflexible. Son écriture est empreinte d'une puissance émotionnelle brute, laissant souvent le lecteur dans un état de profonde contemplation.
- 2024
- 2021
A vivid coming-of-age epic following the intersecting lives of Seraphin, a young man forced from his homeland due to civil war in Rwanda, and a host of eclectic characters in Namibia, Brussels, Paris, and Cape Town.
- 2020
The AKO Caine Prize for African Writing 2020
- 120pages
- 5 heures de lecture
Now in its 21st year, the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing is African's leading literary prize, and is awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere. The collection brings together the five stories on the 2020 shortlist.
- 2019
Nudibranch
- 256pages
- 9 heures de lecture
A dark and lyrical collection of short stories from the author of the critically acclaimed Speak Gigantular and Butterfly Fish, whose unique voice has been praised by writers like Ben Okri and Stella Duffy.
- 2016
Shortlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize, the Saboteur Awards, the Shirley Jackson Award and the Jhalak Prize. A startling debut short story collection from the award-winning author of Butterfly Fish.
- 2015
A fragile outsider living in London, Joy struggles to pull the threads of her life back together after her mother's sudden death. As family secrets come to light, she unearths the ties between her mother, grandfather, the wife of the king, a fearsome warrior, and a brass head's pivotal connection to them all.