Minorities orchestra
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Chinonso is a young Nigerian farmer who passionately loves his birds. But one night he meets a woman on the bridge trying to jump into a muddy stream. Salvation becomes the beginning of love, but Chinonso is not at the same time. To achieve the hand of his beloved, he sells all his property and goes to Cyprus to receive education. However, it soon turns out that he was brutally deceived: Chinonso remains alone in a foreign country - without money and without a roof over his head. Like Odysseus, he drifts further and further from his dream and from home.
“Minorities Orchestra”-a masterpiece of the Nigerian writer Chigosia Obioma, which entered the short list of the 2019 Buker Prize. This is a piercing single novel about the fight against fate and how the kindest heart under her blows can be filled with black bitterness. The drama of a little man, covered with the mythology of IGBO, which unfolds in the atmosphere of modern Africa. Chinonso is a young Nigerian farmer who passionately loves his birds. But one night he meets a woman on the bridge trying to jump into a muddy stream. Salvation becomes the beginning of love, but Chinonso is not at the same time. To achieve the hand of his beloved, he sells all his property and goes to Cyprus to receive education. However, it soon turns out that he was brutally deceived: Chinonso remains alone in a foreign country - without money and without a roof over his head. Like Odysseus, he drifts further and further from his dream and from home. “Not many modern novels are able to achieve the virtuoso sound that gives to its text, skillfully combining English, the language of IGBO and flowery ANFRICAL phrases. History is full of cruelty, and yet its main topic is a prayer for mercy for the most fragile of all earthly beings, for the son of human. ” - Guardian
“Minorities Orchestra”-a masterpiece of the Nigerian writer Chigosia Obioma, which entered the short list of the 2019 Buker Prize. This is a piercing single novel about the fight against fate and how the kindest heart under her blows can be filled with black bitterness. The drama of a little man, covered with the mythology of IGBO, which unfolds in the atmosphere of modern Africa. Chinonso is a young Nigerian farmer who passionately loves his birds. But one night he meets a woman on the bridge trying to jump into a muddy stream. Salvation becomes the beginning of love, but Chinonso is not at the same time. To achieve the hand of his beloved, he sells all his property and goes to Cyprus to receive education. However, it soon turns out that he was brutally deceived: Chinonso remains alone in a foreign country - without money and without a roof over his head. Like Odysseus, he drifts further and further from his dream and from home. “Not many modern novels are able to achieve the virtuoso sound that gives to its text, skillfully combining English, the language of IGBO and flowery ANFRICAL phrases. History is full of cruelty, and yet its main topic is a prayer for mercy for the most fragile of all earthly beings, for the son of human. ” - Guardian
Author:
Author:Obioma Ch .
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Fiction
- Category:Modern Literature
- Category:Poetry & Literature
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Series:
Series: Loft. Modern novel
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:18+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-04-115805-7
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