The fishermen : A Novel
by Obioma, Chigozie
Published by : ONE (London) Physical details: 350 Pages 20x13 cm | PB ISBN:9781911590101. Year: 2015| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Fiction | Fiction | 823.914 O126F 2015 (Browse shelf) | Available | 60268 |
In a Nigerian town in the mid 1990s, four brothers encounter a madman whose mystic prophecy of violence threatens the core of their close-knit family. Told from the point of view of nine year old Benjamin, the youngest of four brothers, The Fishermen is the Cain and Abel-esque story of an unforgettable childhood in 1990s Nigeria, in the small town of Akure. When their strict father has to travel to a distant city for work, the brothers take advantage of his extended absence to skip school and go fishing. At the ominous, forbidden nearby river, they meet a dangerous local madman who persuades the oldest of the boys that he is destined to be killed by one of his siblings. What happens next is an almost mythic event whose impact--both tragic and redemptive--will transcend the lives and imaginations of its characters and its readers.
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