The fishermen : a novel

The fishermen : a novel / Chigozie Obioma.

"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. When their father has to travel to a distant city for work, the brothers take advantage of his extended absence t...

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Main Author: Obioma, Chigozie, 1986- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2015.
Edition:First North American edition.
Subjects:
Brothers > Nigeria > Fiction.
Fishers > Nigeria > Fiction.
Fratricide > Nigeria > Fiction.
Nigeria > Fiction.
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Summary:"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. When their 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 forbidden nearby river, they encounter a madman who predicts that one of the brothers will kill another. What happens next is an almost mythic event whose impact--both tragic and redemptive--will transcend the lives and imaginations of The Fishermen's characters and its readers"--Page 4 of cover.
Item Description:Originally published in Great Britain by ONE, a division of Pushkin Press, February 2015.--Title page verso.
Physical Description:297 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
ISBN:9780316338370
0316338370

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