The Resource The fishermen : a novel, Chigozie Obioma
The fishermen : a novel, Chigozie Obioma
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The item The fishermen : a novel, Chigozie Obioma represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First North American edition.
- Extent
- 297 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316338370
- Label
- The fishermen : a novel
- Title
- The fishermen
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Chigozie Obioma
- Subject
-
- trueLiterary fiction
- Fratricide -- Fiction
- trueFamily relationships
- trueDeath
- Prophecies -- Fiction
- trueBrothers
- Fishers -- Fiction
- true1990s -- 1990 -- 1999
- truePolitical fiction
- trueFishing
- Nigeria -- Fiction
- Brothers -- Fiction
- trueProphecies
- trueLife change events
- trueTragedy
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueNigeria
- trueFate and fatalism
- trueSmall town life
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Summary
- In a Nigerian town in the mid 1990s, four brothers encounter a madman whose mystic prophecy of violence threatens the core of their close-knit family
- Award
-
- Library Journal Best Books, 2015.
- Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, 2015.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2015.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10409879
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1986-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Obioma, Chigozie
- Dewey number
- 823/.92
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Brothers
- Fishers
- Prophecies
- Fratricide
- Nigeria
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The fishermen : a novel, Chigozie Obioma
- Control code
- ocn886490811
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First North American edition.
- Extent
- 297 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316338370
- Lccn
- 2014959603
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)886490811
- Label
- The fishermen : a novel, Chigozie Obioma
- Control code
- ocn886490811
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First North American edition.
- Extent
- 297 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316338370
- Lccn
- 2014959603
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)886490811
Subject
- true1990s -- 1990 -- 1999
- trueBrothers
- Brothers -- Fiction
- trueDeath
- trueFamily relationships
- trueFate and fatalism
- trueFirst person narratives
- Fishers -- Fiction
- trueFishing
- Fratricide -- Fiction
- trueLife change events
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueNigeria
- Nigeria -- Fiction
- truePolitical fiction
- trueProphecies
- Prophecies -- Fiction
- trueSmall town life
- trueTragedy
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- trueLibrary Journal Best Books: 2015
- trueLos Angeles Times Book Prizes: Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2015
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