Measuring Time: A Novel - Brossura

Habila, Helon

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0393052516 ISBN 13: 9780393052510

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2007

Riassunto

Twin brothers growing up in the tiny Nigerian village of Keti, where their lives are dominated by their controlling father, Mamo and LaMamo are separated when LaMamo escapes to pursue his dream of becoming a soldier, but when religious zealots incite the people to violence, he returns home to battle the enemy and to be reunited with his brother, now a renowned historian. Original..

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Mamo and LaMamo are twin brothers living in the small Nigerian village of Keti, where their domineering father controls their lives. With high hopes the twins attempt to flee from home, but only LaMamo escapes successfully and is able to live their dream of becoming a soldier who meets beautiful women. Mamo, the sickly, awkward twin, is doomed to remain in the village with his father. Gradually he comes out of his father's shadow and gains local fame as a historian, and, using Plutarch's Parallel Lives as his model, he embarks on the ambitious project of writing a "true" history of his people. But when the rains fail and famine rages, religious zealots incite the people to violence-and LaMamo returns to fight the enemy at home. A novel of ardent loyalty, encroaching modernity, political desire, and personal liberation, Measuring Time is a heart-wrenching history of Nigeria, portrayed through the eyes of a single family.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0393052516
• ISBN 13: 9780393052510
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 272
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile