Walking on cowrie shells : stories
Book |
Graywolf Press,
Minneapolis, Minnesota :
[2021]
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Lincoln Pelham Public Library (Show)
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleming - Beamsville | FIC Nkwet | Fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
About
Stories with a mix of deft realism and clever inversions of genre. In "It Takes a Village, Some Say," Nkweti skewers racial prejudice and the practice of international adoption, delivering a sly tale about a teenage girl who leverages her adoptive parents to fast-track her fortunes. In "The Devil Is a Liar," a pregnant pastor's wife struggles with the collision of western Christianity and her mother's traditional Cameroonian belief system as she worries about her unborn child. In other stories, Nkweti vaults past realism, upending genre expectations in a satirical romp about a jaded PR professional trying to spin a zombie outbreak in West Africa, and in a mermaid tale about a Mami Wata who forgoes her power by remaining faithful to a fisherman she loves. In between these two ends of the spectrum there's everything from an aspiring graphic novelist at a comic con to a murder investigation driven by statistics to a story organized by the changing hairstyles of the main character. Pulling from mystery, horror, realism, myth, and graphic novels, Nkweti showcases the complexity and vibrance of characters whose lives span Cameroonian and American cultures.
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Details
- ISBN: 9781644450543
- Physical Description: 185 pages : illustrations, mapsprint
- Publisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
- General Note: LSC 22.00Short stories.
- Formatted Contents Note: It takes a village some say -- Rain check at MomoCon -- The devil is a liar -- Night becomes us -- Schoolyard cannibal -- It just kills you inside -- The statistician's wife -- Dance the Fiya dance -- The living infinite -- Kinks.