The Fishermen
In a Nigerian town in the mid 1990's, four brothers encounter a madman whose mystic prophecy of violence threatens the core of their close-knit family. 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...
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In a Nigerian town in the mid 1990's, four brothers encounter a madman whose mystic prophecy of violence threatens the core of their close-knit family. 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 1990's Nigeria, in the small town of Akure. When their st
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780316338370 (0316338370)
ASIN: 316338370
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Africa,
Adult Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Family,
Contemporary,
International,
African Literature,
Fiction,
21st Century
The Fishermen, Chigozie Obioma, author: Chukwudie Iwuji, narrator In the bible, Jesus speaks of making ordinary fishermen, “fishers of men”. In this book there are four brothers who briefly become fishermen. Tragedy follows when they become “fishers of men”, but not in the way encouraged in the bibl...
Η παραμυθιακή διάσταση και το αναπότρεπτο στοιχείο της τραγωδίας κυριαρχούν, ενώ η γραφή, γλαφυρή και απλή, ζωντανεύει τα τεκταινόμενα, μεταφέρει τον αναγνώστη στη Νιγηρία του 1990· στη Νιγηρία που ισορροπεί ανάμεσα στο ιδανικό του δυτικού πολιτισμού και στην κουλτούρα των αφρικανικών φυλών.Παρότι δ...
The Fishermen are the 4 oldest brothers in a family of 6 children. They live in 1990s Akure, Nigeria (where the author is from, originally). They live in house with a compound, and their father works for the Bank of Nigeria. When he is transferred to a less-safe city a 15-hour drive away, the family...
My favorite of the 2015 Man Booker Prize contenders (barring possibly The Year of the Runaways, of which I was unable to acquire and evaluate), The Fishermen is an engaging tale with the weight of a biblical narrative or the power of mythology. This is the story of brotherhood, first and foremost; O...
Yeah, this good. Really good. Almost, are you sure this is your first novel good. Myth, tradition and religion, are mixed in this dense messy novel. It works as a family drama and as a parable for the country of Nigeria. It is an odd mix of characters as constructs, which Obioma is open about, ...
9 years ago
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