Ghostroots (eBook)

The most 'thrilling and disturbing' (Financial Times) literary horror of 2024

'Pemi Aguda (Autor)

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2024
Little, Brown Book Group (Verlag)
978-0-349-01821-8 (ISBN)

Infos

An electrifying, terrifying collection of literary horror stories from a prize-winning young star of Nigerian writingA FINALIST FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, THE PEN FAULKNER AWARD, THE LA TIMES ART SEIDENBAUM AWARD AND THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIONS YOUNG FICTION AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE CAINE PRIZE FOR AFRICAN WRITING AND THE WORLD FANTASY AWARDS FOR BEST COLLECTIONA BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE DAILY MAIL, ELLE, TIME MAGAZINE AND THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'Thrilling and disturbing ... a triumph' Financial Times'Excellently uncanny' Daily Mail'Terrifying' TIME, 100 Must-Read Books of 2024Exploring the dark borders between psychology and superstition, these feverishly imaginative stories of trauma, betrayal, terror and love lay bare the forces of myth, tradition, gender, sexuality and modernity in Nigerian society. Here are characters cursed by guilt, bound by the ties of ancestors and community; or enchanted by the allure of mysticism and would-be prophets. Powered by a deep empathy, and glinting with humour and insight, they announce a major new literary talent.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.5.2024
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Horror
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• ISBN-10: 0-349-01821-9 / 0349018219
• ISBN-13: 978-0-349-01821-8 / 9780349018218