The road to the country a novel
"At first the vision is grainy-like something seen through wet glass. But slowly it clears, and there appears the figure of a man. When Kunle's younger brother disappears as his country explodes in civil war, Kunle must set out on an impossible rescue mission behind enemy lines. Set in Nig...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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London, New York
Hogarth
2024
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| Ausgabe: | International edition |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "At first the vision is grainy-like something seen through wet glass. But slowly it clears, and there appears the figure of a man. When Kunle's younger brother disappears as his country explodes in civil war, Kunle must set out on an impossible rescue mission behind enemy lines. Set in Nigeria in the late 1960s, The Road to the Country is the epic story of a shy, bookish student haunted by long-held guilt and shame who must go to war to free himself. Kunle's search for his brother becomes a journey of atonement that will see Kunle conscripted into the breakaway Biafran army and forced to fight a war he hardly understands"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | "First edition" laut CIP-Aufnahme (Rückseite der Titelseite) "Published in the United States by Hogarth, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York" - Rückseite der Titelseite |
| Beschreibung: | xiv, 358 Seiten 1 Karte |
| ISBN: | 9780593596975 978-0-593-59697-5 9780593733820 978-0-593-73382-0 |