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A Mind to Silence and other stories - The Caine Prize for African Writing 2021-22 - cover

A Mind to Silence and other stories - The Caine Prize for African Writing 2021-22

Anwuli Onjogwu

Editorial: CASSAVA REPUBLIC

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Sinopsis

A woman who carries her fate and that of her community in her hair is beguiled by the deceptive designs of Europeans out to colonise her most prized possession. A man finds happiness in the reincarnation of a lost love. A young woman risks her life for freedom through the cultural practice of a human loan scheme.
Tales of sacrifice, love, freedom, self-discovery and loss fill the pages of this larger-than-life tapestry of stories from across Africa and its diaspora. Forged in a diversity of tempers and forms, these stories range from the epistolary to the experimental, from mysteries, noirs and political thrillers to speculative fiction and futurism, and much more. In prose that moves from visual and lyrical to gritty and visceral, these writers explore fate, memory, the fragility of love and the duplicitous nature of human interactions
Disponible desde: 06/10/2022.
Longitud de impresión: 216 páginas.

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