Okey Ndibe
Autor von Foreign Gods, Inc.
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Okey Ndibe first came to the US to act as founding editor of African Commentary, a magazine published by Chinua Achebe. He has taught at Brown University, Connecticut College, Simon's Rock College, Trinity College, and the University of Lagos (as a Fulbright scholar). He is the author of two mehr anzeigen novels, Arrows of Rain and Foreign Gods, Inc., and his award-winning journalism has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, and the Hartford Courant. Mr. Ndibe lives in West Hartford, Connecticut, with his wife, Sheri, and their three children. weniger anzeigen
Bildnachweis: Author Okey Ndibe at the 2016 Texas Book Festival. By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53508480
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A little disjointed but I enjoyed overall. The lightly humorous tales about culture shock when coming to the US were fine but the sections about his father and life in Nigeria were a highlight.
A strangely tedious tale. Finished only because I don't like to give up on books unless they're truly terrible, and I hoped the satire impression of the first few chapters would come back... but nope.
In some ways, very predictable. I think the reason many people have an issue with this book, have trouble following it is because it's a different narrative style. The writing is different as well. Otherwise, it's a pretty easy read though you have to pay attention.
A poignant tale of post-colonial trauma, rape, violence and a failing nation-state in which the only pristine and unsullied element seems to be its fast-depleting journalist integrity.
Without giving too much away, this novel has a poignant beauty not found in others of its genres. The only qualms I have with it is that the ending, while natural for a novel of this kind, proved immensely anti-climatic given that the build-up to it was epic.
Nonetheless, a mesmerizing glance into the human psyche.… (mehr)
Without giving too much away, this novel has a poignant beauty not found in others of its genres. The only qualms I have with it is that the ending, while natural for a novel of this kind, proved immensely anti-climatic given that the build-up to it was epic.
Nonetheless, a mesmerizing glance into the human psyche.… (mehr)
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