Zusatztext Sweeping and quietly devastating . . . How Beautiful We Were charts the ways repression, be it at the hands of a government or a corporation or a society, can turn the most basic human needs into radical and radicalizing acts. . . . Profoundly affecting. The New York Times Book Review What a stunningly beautiful writer Mbue is, and how lucky we are to have her stories in the world. USA Today It's a heartbreaking and relevant story that seeps into your bones, quickly engulfs you and doesn't let go. The Seattle Times Superb. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Tragic, wrenching . . . The people of Kosawa sear themselves into your consciousness. The Boston Globe Imbolo Mbue crafts an aching narrative about greed, community and perseverance. Time Mbue's remarkable storytelling makes this book shine. Ms. This epic and empathetic saga shines a truthful albeit unflattering light on globalization. Shelf Awareness Insightful, heart-stirring. The Philadelphia Inquirer A generation of narrative voices, many of them children, shape this sweeping, elegiac story of capitalism, colonialism, and boundless greed, reminding us of the myriad ways we fail to make a better world for our children. Esquire A David and Goliath story for our times, a riveting tale of how people coming together to make change can topple even the fiercest, best-financed foe. O: The Oprah Magazine Imbolo Mbue's revelatory novel of a fictional African village ruined by Big Oil is a mighty addition to the stacks. Elle Among the many virtues of Mbue's novel is the way it uses an ecological nightmare to frame a vivid and stirring picture of human beings' asserting their value to the world, whether the world cares about them or not. One can both grieve for Kosawa and be inspired by its determined fight for life. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) How Beautiful We Were will enthrall you, appall you, and show you what is possible when a few people stand up and say, 'This is not right.' It is a masterful novel by a spellbinding writer engaged with the most urgent questions of our day. David Ebershoff, bestselling author of The Danish Girl Imbolo Mbue has given us a novel with the richness and power of a great contemporary fable, and a heroine for our time. Sigrid Nunez, author of The Friend , winner of the National Book Award Imbolo Mbue is a storyteller of astonishing gifts. How Beautiful We Were reminds me of how interconnected we remain, no matter who or where we are. Tracy K. Smith, author of Life on Mars , winner of the Pulitzer Prize Informationen zum Autor Imbolo Mbue is the author of the New York Times bestseller Behold the Dreamers, which won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the Blue Metropolis Words to Change Prize and was an Oprah's Book Club selection. Named a notable book of the year by The New York Times and The Washington Post and a best book of the year by close to a dozen publications, the novel has been translated into eleven languages, adapted into an opera and a stage play, and optioned for a movie. A native of Limbe, Cameroon, and a graduate of Rutgers and Columbia Universities, Mbue lives in New York City. Klappentext From the celebrated author of the New York Times bestseller Behold the Dreamers comes a sweeping, wrenching story about the collision of a small African village and an American oil company. "A novel with the richness and power of a great contemporary fable, and a heroine for our time."-Sigrid Nunez, author of The Friend, winner of the National Book Award We sho...

“Sweeping and quietly devastating . . . How Beautiful We Were charts the ways repression, be it at the hands of a government or a corporation or a society, can turn the most basic human needs into radical and radicalizing acts. . . . Profoundly affecting.”—The New York Times Book Review

“What a stunningly beautiful writer Mbue is, and how lucky we are to have her stories in the world.”***—USA Today

“It’s a heartbreaking and relevant story that seeps into your bones, quickly engulfs you and doesn’t let go.”—The Seattle Times

“Superb.”***—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Tragic, wrenching . . . The people of Kosawa sear themselves into your consciousness.”—The Boston Globe

“Imbolo Mbue crafts an aching narrative about greed, community and perseverance.”—Time

“Mbue’s remarkable storytelling makes this book shine.”—Ms.

*“*This epic and empathetic saga shines a truthful albeit unflattering light on globalization.”—Shelf Awareness

“Insightful, heart-stirring.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

“A generation of narrative voices, many of them children, shape this sweeping, elegiac story of capitalism, colonialism, and boundless greed, reminding us of the myriad ways we fail to make a better world for our children.”—Esquire

“A David and Goliath story for our times, a riveting tale of how people coming together to make change can topple even the fiercest, best-financed foe.”—O: The Oprah Magazine
 
“Imbolo Mbue’s revelatory novel of a fictional African village ruined by Big Oil is a mighty addition to the stacks.”—Elle
 
“Among the many virtues of Mbue’s novel is the way it uses an ecological nightmare to frame a vivid and stirring picture of human beings’ asserting their value to the world, whether the world cares about them or not. One can both grieve for Kosawa and be inspired by its determined fight for life.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
 
“How Beautiful We Were will enthrall you, appall you, and show you what is possible when a few people stand up and say, ‘This is not right.’ It is a masterful novel by a spellbinding writer engaged with the most urgent questions of our day.”—David Ebershoff, bestselling author of The Danish Girl

“Imbolo Mbue has given us a novel with the richness and power of a great contemporary fable, and a heroine for our time.”**—Sigrid Nunez, author of The Friend, winner of the National Book Award

“Imbolo Mbue is a storyteller of astonishing gifts. How Beautiful We Were reminds me of how interconnected we remain, no matter who or where we are.”—Tracy K. Smith, author of Life on Mars, winner of the Pulitzer Prize**

Autorentext
Imbolo Mbue is the author of the New York Times bestseller Behold the Dreamers, which won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the Blue Metropolis Words to Change Prize and was an Oprah’s Book Club selection. Named a notable book of the year by The New York Times and The Washington Post and a best book of the year by close to a dozen publications, the novel has been translated into eleven languages, adapted into an opera and a stage play, and optioned for a movie. A native of Limbe, Cameroon, and a graduate of Rutgers and Columbia Universities, Mbue lives in New York City.

Klappentext

From the celebrated author of the New York Times bestseller Behold the Dreamers comes a sweeping, wrenching story about the collision of a small African village and an American oil company.

"A novel with the richness and power of a great contemporary fable, and a heroine for our time."-Sigrid Nunez, author of The Friend, winner of the National Book Award

We should have known the end was near. So begins Imbolo Mbue's powerful second novel, How Beautiful We Were. Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, it tells of a people living in fear amid environmental degradation wrought by an American oil company. Pipeline spills have rendered farmlands infertile. Children are dying from drinking toxic water. Promises of cleanup a…