Her closely observed characters populate stories that offer a clear-eyed view of an often traumatic family life, questioning the purpose of their time on earth, and whether there is a hereafter, or a different kind of afterlife altogether, outside of Port Harcourt.
In language that is both raw and elegant, Okparanta's stories are often told from the point of a view of a child - a little girl, an adult daughter. High expectations - whether of success in Nigeria, or the dream of opportunity and accomplishment in America - consume them. Here, we meet a childless couple with very different desires a college professor comforting a troubled student a mother seeking refuge from an abusive husband an embittered spinster recalling the loss of a dear childhood friend and a young woman waiting to join her lover abroad. In this debut collection, Chinelo Okparanta introduces us to families burdened equally by the past and the future. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.
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