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Akwaeke Emezi
Akwaeke Emezi's exhilarating new novel follows five people over the course of a weekend which will brutally upend all of their lives.
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'A triumph ... A wholly original and creative mind' NEW YORK TIMES 'A multi-genre phenomena, it's a triumph of a creative mind' GLAMOUR 'Frightens and astonishes ... Combines Maya Angelou's…
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From the National Book Award finalist and author of Pet comes a novel set in a magical West African world, about a teen girl who must save her missing twin…
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The astonishing new novel from the author of Freshwater - Longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Wellcome Book Prize.
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Have you fallen for this Iinternational bestselling novelist's sizzling hot entrance into the world of romance?
'Akwaeke Emezi is a major talent.' NoViolet BulawayoThe devastatingly decadent new novel from the agenda-setting, bestselling author.
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"A masterwork...mesmerizing...We come away troubled, unsettled - and in some subtle way changed."-The New York Times
"The perfect steamy read for those hot summer nights." -People
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A raw exploration of identity that shatters boundaries and explodes the way we think about the idea of the self.
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The debut novel from one of the National Book Foundation’s 2018 5 Under 35.
Collection of poems by Akwaeke Emezi –
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‘Unlike anything I’ve read . ’ New York Times In letters addressed to their friends, to members of their family - both biological and chosen - and to fellow storytellers…
In their riveting and timely young adult debut, acclaimed novelist Akwaeke Emezi asks difficult questions about what choices a young person can make when the adults around them are in…
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In a near-future society that claims to have gotten rid of all monstrous people, a creature emerges from a painting seventeen-year-old Jam’s mother created, a hunter from another world seeking…
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It’s the opportunity of a lifetime: Feyi is about to be given the chance to escape the City’s blistering heat for a dream island holiday: poolside cocktails, beach sunsets, and…
From the critically acclaimed author of Pet and The Death of Vivek Oji, Bitter, a companion novel to Pet, takes a timely and provocative look at the power of youth…
An unforgettable romance that will set Summer 2022 ablaze
They burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died. One afternoon, a mother opens her front door to find the length of her son’s body stretched out on…
A … novel of a Nigerian-Indian family and the deeply held secret that tests their traditions and bonds –
The stunning first YA novel from award-winning author Akwaeke Emezi, set in a city of the future where evil is said to have been eradicated
From National Book Award finalist Akwaeke Emezi comes a companion novel to PET that explores both the importance and cost of social revolution--and how youth lead the way.
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An extraordinary debut novel exploring the metaphysics of identity and mental health, centering on a young Nigerian woman as she struggles to reconcile the proliferation of multiple selves within her
A Good Morning America Buzz Pick "A love story like no other, and this one...will have you gripped from page one." --Vogue
"An unabashed ode to living with, and despite…
