Ghostroots : stories
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New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2024].
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Book
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First edition.
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9781324065852, 1324065850
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208 pages ; 22 cm
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Hawthorne Branch - Adult Fiction | FICTION AGUDA,P 2024 | Transferred |
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Published
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2024].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781324065852, 1324065850
UPC
CIPO000068234
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"In this beguiling collection of twelve imaginative stories set in Lagos, Nigeria, 'Pemi Aguda dramatizes the tension between our yearning to be individuals and the ways we are haunted by what came before. In 'Manifest,' a woman sees the ghost of her abusive mother in her daughter's face. Shortly after, the daughter is overtaken by wicked and destructive impulses. In 'Breastmilk,' a wife forgives her husband for his infidelity. Months later, when she is unable to produce milk for her newborn, she blames herself for failing to uphold her mother's feminist values and doubts her fitness for motherhood. In 'Things Boys Do,' a trio of fathers finds something unnatural and unnerving about their infant sons. As their lives rapidly fall to pieces, they begin to fear that their sons are the cause of their troubles. And in '24, Alhaji Williams Street,' a teenage boy lives in the shadow of a mysterious disease that's killing the boys on his street. These and other stories in Ghostroots map emotional and physical worlds that lay bare the forces of family, myth, tradition, gender, and modernity in Nigerian society. Powered by a deep empathy and glinting with humor, they announce a major new literary talent." --,Provided by publisher
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Aguda, '. (2024). Ghostroots: stories (First edition.). W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Aguda, 'Pemi. 2024. Ghostroots: Stories. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Aguda, 'Pemi. Ghostroots: Stories New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 2024.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Aguda, '. (2024). Ghostroots: stories. First edn. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Aguda, 'Pemi. Ghostroots: Stories First edition., W.W. Norton & Company, 2024.
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