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'Magnificently horrifying' Daily Mail
'Gripping' Glamour
'Impressive and moving' Irish Times
'Unique, bold and unsettling' Aiwanose Odafen
'Claustrophobic and very disturbing' Guardian
'Unflinching, unforgettable' Layne Fargo
'Perfect for fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Daisy Johnson' Amy Gentry
My name is Ikemefuna Nwosu, and I am your wife.Young dancer Ikemefuna is put on a plane from Lagos to Houston to meet her new husband, Nna. Promises are made to her - about her education, her freedom, and the man she will marry.
None of them are kept.
Self-professed feminist Nna finds a beautiful woman cooking in his parents' kitchen. They tell him Ikemefuna is there to give them the grandson they've been waiting for. She appears obedient, malleable.
But she is no ordinary wife.
Under the increasingly strained pressure of the Texas heat, desperation makes people do strange and violent things...
'Shines with a brilliance that will run through you clean as an arrow' Ukamaka Olisakwe
'Full of twists and sentences that will stun you. A book rich in surprises'Kemi Falodun
'Magnificently horrifying' Daily Mail
'Gripping' Glamour
'Impressive and moving' Irish Times
'Unique, bold and unsettling' Aiwanose Odafen
'Claustrophobic and very disturbing' Guardian
'Unflinching, unforgettable' Layne Fargo
'Perfect for fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Daisy Johnson' Amy Gentry
My name is Ikemefuna Nwosu, and I am your wife.Young dancer Ikemefuna is put on a plane from Lagos to Houston to meet her new husband, Nna. Promises are made to her - about her education, her freedom, and the man she will marry.
None of them are kept.
Self-professed feminist Nna finds a beautiful woman cooking in his parents' kitchen. They tell him Ikemefuna is there to give them the grandson they've been waiting for. She appears obedient, malleable.
But she is no ordinary wife.
Under the increasingly strained pressure of the Texas heat, desperation makes people do strange and violent things...
'Shines with a brilliance that will run through you clean as an arrow' Ukamaka Olisakwe
'Full of twists and sentences that will stun you. A book rich in surprises'Kemi Falodun
Adorah Nworah is an Igbo writer from South-East Nigeria. Her stories have been published in AFREADA and adda magazine. Her short stories, "The Bride" and "Broken English" made the shortlist for the 2019 Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize and the longlist for the 2018 Short Story Day Africa Prize respectively. She lives in Philadelphia, where she practices real estate finance law and is cat mom to her handsome Napoleon cat.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780008502720 |
| ISBN-10: | 0008502722 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Nworah, Adorah |
| Hersteller: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Zeitfracht Medien GmbH, Ferdinand-Jühlke-Str. 7, D-99095 Erfurt, produktsicherheit@zeitfracht.de |
| Maße: | 213 x 136 x 25 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Adorah Nworah |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 08.06.2023 |
| Gewicht: | 0,297 kg |
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