Freshwater

Informationen zum Autor Akwaeke Emezi (they/them) is the author of the memoir Dear Senthuran ; New York Times bestseller The Death of Vivek Oji, which was longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize; Pet , a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature; and Freshwater , which was named a New York Times Notable Book, longlisted for both the Wellcome Book Prize and the Women's Prize for Fiction and shortlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award, the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, the Lambda Literary Award, and the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize. Selected as a 5 Under 35 honoree by the National Book Foundation, they are based in liminal spaces. Klappentext The debut novel of the National Book Foundation 5 Under 35-listed author. Alternately protective and hedonistic entities are at large in a girl coming of age. An exploration of the metaphysics of identity. Zusammenfassung 'Completely blew me away.' Daisy Johnson, author of Everything Under'One of the most dazzling debuts I've ever read.' Taiye Selasi, author of Ghana Must Go 'I'm urging everyone to read it.' Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water CureAda has always been unusual.

Autorentext
Akwaeke Emezi (they/them) is the author of the memoir Dear Senthuran; New York Times bestseller The Death of Vivek Oji, which was longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize; Pet, a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature; and Freshwater, which was named a New York Times Notable Book, longlisted for both the Wellcome Book Prize and the Women's Prize for Fiction and shortlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award, the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, the Lambda Literary Award, and the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize. Selected as a 5 Under 35 honoree by the National Book Foundation, they are based in liminal spaces.

Klappentext

The debut novel of the National Book Foundation 5 Under 35-listed author. Alternately protective and hedonistic entities are at large in a girl coming of age. An exploration of the metaphysics of identity.

Zusammenfassung
'Completely blew me away.' Daisy Johnson, author of Everything Under'One of the most dazzling debuts I've ever read.' Taiye Selasi, author of Ghana Must Go 'I'm urging everyone to read it.' Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water CureAda has always been unusual.