{"product_id":"the-fishermen-paperback","title":"The Fishermen - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChigozie Obioma\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA striking debut novel about an unforgettable childhood, by a Nigerian writer the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e has crowned \"the heir to Chinua Achebe.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Told by nine-year-old Benjamin, the youngest of four brothers, \u003ci\u003eThe Fishermen\u003c\/i\u003e is the Cain and Abel-esque story of a childhood in Nigeria, in the small town of Akure. When their father has to travel to a distant city for work, the brothers take advantage of his absence to skip school and go fishing. At the forbidden nearby river, they meet a 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 the book's characters and readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dazzling and viscerally powerful, \u003ci\u003eThe Fisherman\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential novel about Africa, seen through the prism of one family's destiny.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChigozie Obioma\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Akure, Nigeria. His debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Fishermen\u003c\/i\u003e, is winner of the inaugural FT\/Oppenheimer Award for Fiction, the NAACP Image Awards for Debut Literary Work, and the Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction (Los Angeles Times Book Prizes); and was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize 2015, as well as for several other prizes in the US and UK. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Obioma was named one of Foreign Policy's 100 Leading Global Thinkers of 2015. His work has been translated into more than 25 languages and adapted into stage. He is an assistant professor of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His second novel, \u003ci\u003eAn Orchestra of Minorities\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the 2019 Booker Prize.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 05, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47227394425081,"sku":"9780316338356","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/QkFOWGpMUm92bEJPQ3podFEvZm1lUT09.webp?v=1768279670","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-fishermen-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}