Our Kind of People: A Continent's Challenge, a Country's Hope - Rilegato

Iweala, Uzodinma

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ISBN 10: 0061284904 ISBN 13: 9780061284908

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 2012

Riassunto

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 sense of life, love and their connections to each other in the face of an unprecedented epidemic. 35,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“At last, an account of the AIDS crisis from the point of view of the people most affected by it—men, women and children of Africa, who are not simply victims but are heroes and scientists as well.” (The Daily Beast)

“A stunning inquiry into the AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa. . . . Iweala evokes the human cost of AIDS, and this is where Our Kind of People excels. . . . . Iweala’s focus on narrative, on sharing voices and experiences, becomes an act of redemption.” (The Los Angeles Times Book Review)

“Iweala’s arguments are well reasoned. By making generous use of the voices of many Africans, Iweala’s writing possesses an immediacy that makes his message powerful and compelling.” (The Boston Globe)

“Iweala tells the stories of those whose lives - and deaths - make up the numbers in a measured, accessible tone. The end of the story of HIV/AIDS is not yet written, but in Our Kind of People we see the beginnings of normalcy.” (Bono)

“In this unassuming but important book, Uzodinma Iweala gives the AIDS pandemic not just a human face but a human voice. . . . Remarkable.” (The Times Literary Supplement)

L'autore:

Uzodinma Iweala received the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, all for Beasts of No Nation. He was also selected as one of Granta’s Best Young American Novelists. A graduate of Harvard University and the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, he lives in New York City and Lagos, Nigeria.

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• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0061284904
• ISBN 13: 9780061284908
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 228