Measuring Time

Habila, Helon

ISBN 10: 0241141850 / ISBN 13: 9780241141854

Editore: London: Hamish Hamilton, 2007

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First edition. Very good indeed in similar dust wrapper. Loyalty, tradition, modernity and politics clash in this novel by the prize winning Nigerian writer. Codice articolo 2140104

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Titolo: Measuring Time

Casa editrice: London: Hamish Hamilton

Data di pubblicazione: 2007

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Near Fine

Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good

Edizione: 1st Edition

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Riassunto:

Mamo and LaMamo are twin brothers living in a small Nigerian village, where their domineering father controls their lives. With high hopes the twins attempt to flee from home, but only LaMamo escapes to live their dream of becoming a soldier. Mamo, the awkward, sickly twin, is doomed to remain in the village. Gradually, he comes out of his father’s shadow and gains local fame as a historian, embarking on 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.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Helon Habila is a Nigerian novelist, poet and academic. He is the author of the novels Waiting for an Angel, Measuring Time and Oil on Water, and has won literary prizes including the Caine Prize and the Windham/Campbell Literature Prize. He teaches creative writing at George Mason University, Washington, and his most recent book The Chibok Girls will be published by Penguin Books in April 2017.