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Akwaeke Emezi (duplicate): Freshwater (2018, Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated)

240 pages

English language

Published Jan. 5, 2018 by Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated.

ISBN:
978-0-8021-2899-7
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Both a recounting of trauma and its impacts, as well as a retelling of a Nigerian fable. The main character's multiple experiences of trauma are retold and the author unflinchingly explores how they are impacted (e.g., self-harm, dissociation). The character's psychology is viewed through a non-Western lens.

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Review of 'Freshwater' on 'Goodreads'

Wow. Just wow. Amazing book, stunning prose. From start to finish beautiful.

Trigger warnings for so much, child abuse, rape, self harm, eating disorders, suicide, body dismorphia.....

But wow. Haven't been so captivated by a story for ages.

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Subjects

  • Fiction, biographical
  • Nigeria, fiction
  • Fiction, women

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