Akwaeke Emezi

En tres novelas aclamadas por la crítica, Akwaeke Emezi ha descubierto a sus lectores un universo marcado por tensiones familiares, sistemas de creencias igbo y la búsqueda inagotable de lo que significa ser libre. Ahora, en esta extraordinaria autobiografia, le autore de La muerte de Vivek Oji (consonni 2022) revela las desgarradoras a la par que ineludibles verdades de su propia vida. A traves de una correspondencia franca e intima con amistades, amantes y familiares, Emezi va delineando la desenvoltura de su ser y el inolvidable viaje de un espiritu creativo que accede a su poder en el mundo humano. Su historia, que entreteje un vertiginoso ascenso al exito como escritore con la toma de decisiones transformadoras sobre su genero y su cuerpo, sumado a una diversidad de tempestuosas relaciones emocionales, romanticas y espirituales, da forma a un libro delicado y brutal a partes iguales.

Extraordinaria ópera prima de Akwaeke Emezi, Agua dulce indaga en la experiencia de vivir con un yo fracturado. Ada es una niña nigeriana, que por haber nacido “con un pie en el otro lado”, acoge en

One of Stylists Best Memoirs for Summer 2021Unlike anything Ive read . . . Remarkable.Roxane GayA thing of great beauty. Paris ReviewIn letters addressed to their friends, to members of their family - both biological and chosen - and to fellow storytellers, Akwaeke describes the shape of a life lived in overlapping realities. Through heartbreak, chronic pain, intimacy with death, becoming a beast, this is embodiment as a nonhuman: outside the boundaries imposed by expectations and legibility. This book is an account of the grueling work of realignment and remaking necessary to carve out a future for oneself.The result is a Black spirit memoir: a powerful, raw unfolding of identity.An audacious sojourn through the terror and beauty of refusing to explain yourself. New York Times

En la ciudad de Lucille ya no queda ningún monstruo, o eso les enseñan a los niños. Jam ha crecido con esta lección. Pero cuando conoce a Mascota, una criatura hecha de cuernos y colores y garras que surge de uno de los cuadros de su madre y de una gota de sangre, la joven debera reconsiderar todas sus creencias, porque Mascota ha venido a cazar un monstruo. Jam debera luchar para proteger a sus seres queridos y descubrir la verdad, pero ¿como vas a salvar el mundo de los monstruos si nadie reconoce que existen?Mascota, de le escritore nigeriane Akwaeke Emezi, es una novela poetica que mezcla la ciencia ficcion con la fantasia para hablar sobre quienes son los verdaderos monstruos en una sociedad aparentemente utopica.

«A menudo me pregunto si morí de la mejor manera posible».Una tarde, en una ciudad del sureste de Nigeria, una madre abre la puerta de su casa y se encuentra el cuerpo de su hijo, envuelto en tela de

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They burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died. One afternoon, a mother opens her front door to find the length of her son's body stretched out on the veranda, swaddled in akwete material, his head on her welcome mat. The Death of Vivek Oji transports us to the day of Vivek's birth, the day his grandmother Ahunna died. It is the story of an over protective mother and a distant father, and the heart-wrenching tale of one family's struggle to understand their child, just as Vivek learns to recognize himself. Teeming with unforgettable characters whose lives have been shaped by Vivek's gentle and enigmatic spirit, it shares with us a Nigerian childhood that challenges expectations. This novel, and its celebration of the innocence and optimism of youth will touch all those who embrace it.

They burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died. One afternoon, a mother opens her front door to find the length of her son's body stretched out on the veranda, swaddled in akwete material, his head on her welcome mat. The Death of Vivek Oji transports us to the day of Vivek's birth, the day his grandmother Ahunna died. It is the story of an over protective mother and a distant father, and the heart-wrenching tale of one family's struggle to understand their child, just as Vivek learns to recognize himself. Teeming with unforgettable characters whose lives have been shaped by Vivek's gentle and enigmatic spirit, it shares with us a Nigerian childhood that challenges expectations. This novel, and its celebration of the innocence and optimism of youth will touch all those who embrace it.

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZEAstonishing.StylistElectrifying.O: The Oprah MagazineBrilliant and heartbreaking.Marie ClairePropulsive and resonant.EsquireThey burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died.One afternoon, a mother opens her front door to find the length of her sons body stretched out on the veranda, swaddled in akwete material, his head on her welcome mat. The Death of Vivek Oji transports us to the day of Viveks birth, the day his grandmother Ahunna died. It is the story of an over protective mother and a distant father, and the heart-wrenching tale of one familys struggle to understand their child, just as Vivek learns to recognize himself.Teeming with unforgettable characters whose lives have been shaped by Viveks gentle and enigmatic spirit, it shares with us a Nigerian childhood that challenges expectations. This novel, and its celebration of the innocence and optimism of youth will touch all those who embrace it.

Completely blew me away. Daisy Johnson, author of Everything UnderOne of the most dazzling debuts Ive ever read. Taiye Selasi, author of Ghana Must GoIm urging everyone to read it. Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water CureAda has always been unusual. Her parents prayed her into existence, but something must have gone awry. Their troubled child begins to develop separate selves and is prone to fits of anger and grief.When Ada grows up and heads to college in America, a traumatic event crystallises the selves into something more powerful. As Ada fades into the background of her own mind, these alters - now protective, now hedonistic - take control, shifting her life in a dangerous direction.

Shes landed in the perfect place . . . to fall for the wrong man.THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERNOMINATED FOR THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS FOR ROMANCEA ZOELLA BOOK CLUB PICKA summer mustStylistGripping from page one VogueRaunchy, sad and upliftingGraziaTHE book of hot girl summerBustleHave you fallen for this INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING novelists sizzling hot entrance into the world of romance?Its the opportunity of a lifetime:Feyi is about to be given the chance to escape the Citys blistering heat for a dream island holiday: poolside cocktails, beach sunsets, and elaborate meals. And as the sun goes down on her old life our heroine also might just be ready to open her heart to someone new. . .The only problem is, shes falling for the one man she absolutely cant have.A must read for all romance lovers@between2books_Emezi is a dream of a writer. My heart soared and shook and panted.BOLU BABALOLAA scorching tale of love after loss.KirkusReviews

A Lucille ja no hi ha monstres, això diuen als nens. La Jam ha crescut amb aquesta lliçó ben apresa. Però quan troba la Mascota, un ésser emplomallat amb banyes i urpes esmolades, es veu obligada a q

How do you save the world from monsters if no one will admit they exist? She stumbled backwards, her eyes wide, as the figure started coming out of the canvas...She tried to be brave. Well, she said, her hands only a little shaky, at least tell me what I should call you....Well, little girl, it replied, I suppose you can call me Pet. There are no more monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. With doting parents and a best friend named Redemption, Jam has grown up with this lesson all her life. But when she meets Pet, a creature made of horns and colours and claws, who emerges from one of her mothers paintings and a drop of Jams blood, she must reconsider what shes been told. Pet has come to hunt a monster, and the shadow of something grim lurks in Redemptions house. Jam must fight not only to protect her best friend, but also to uncover the truth.In their riveting and timely young adult debut, acclaimed novelist Akwaeke Emezi asks difficult questions about what choices a young person can make when the adults around them are in denial.

From the critically acclaimed author of Pet and The Death of Vivek Oji, Bitter, a companion novel to Pet, takes a timely and riveting look at the power of youth, protest and art.Bitter is thrilled to have been chosen to attend Eucalyptus, a special school where she can focus on her painting surrounded by other creative teens. But outside this haven, the streets are filled with protests against the deep injustices that grip the town of Lucille.Bitters instinct is to stay safe within the walls of Eucalyptus . . . but her friends arent willing to settle for a world that the adults say is "just the way things are." Pulled between old friendships, her creative passion, and a new a romance, Bitter isnt sure where she belongs - in the art studio or in the streets. And if she does find a way to help the revolution while being true to who she is, she must also ask: at what cost?

We had done and survived unimaginable things. Our world was so much bigger than our town, the river full of crocodiles, and these forests wed grown up in. There was an entire sea out there to prove it.Somadina and her twin brother, Jayaike, are practically the same person: they finish each others sentences and make each other whole. When the twins come of age, their magical gifts begin to develop, but while Jayaikes powers enchant, Somadinas cause fear to ripple through her town.Always an outsider, Somadina now faces blatant - and dangerous - hostility. And things go from bad to worse when her brother, the one person she trusted, vanishes. Somadina knows that no matter the dangers, she must track him down. Even if it means entering the Sacred Forest. Even if it means gruelling, otherworldly travel she may not survive. Even if it means finding the hidden places where those closest to the spirit world dont dare to go.Does Somadina have the strength - within both her body and her soul - for the trying journey ahead?Sunday Times bestseller Akwaeke Emezi masterfully weaves a tale of identity, family, and the power of the past, in a world where the extraordinary is ordinary.

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST STONEWALL BOOK AWARD WINNER ONE OF TIME MAGAZINES 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIMENAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by The New York Times Time Buzzfeed NPR New York Public Library Publishers Weekly School Library Journal A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE CENTURYA genre-defying novel from the award-winning author NPR describes as like [Madeline] LEngleglorious. A singular book that explores themes of identity and justice. Pet is here to hunt a monster. Are you brave enough to look?There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. Jam and her best friend, Redemption, have grown up with this lesson all their life. But when Jam meets Pet, a creature made of horns and colors and claws, who emerges from one of her mothers paintings and a drop of Jams blood, she must reconsider what shes been told. Pet has come to hunt a monster, and the shadow of something grim lurks in Redemptions house. Jam must fight not only to protect her best friend, but also to uncover the truth, and the answer to the question--How do you save the world from monsters if no one will admit they exist?A riveting and timely young adult debut novel that asks difficult questions about what choices you can make when the society around you is in denial. "[A] beautiful, genre-expanding debut"The New York Times"The word hype was invented to describe books like this." Refinery29

Després de passar-se la infància vagant per cases d’acollida, la Bitter està encantada d’haver estat admesa a Eucalyptus, una escola especial on es pot concentrar en el seu art rodejada d’altres adol

A Good Morning America Buzz Pick, a Best Romance of 2022 by The New York Times and The Washington Post, and a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Oprah Daily, Vulture, Harpers Bazaar, Thrillist, Essence, Good Housekeeping, Glamour, Marie Claire, Parade, Bustle, BuzzFeed, Refinery29, Business Insider,The Guardian, Financial Times, PopSugar, Book Riot, LitHub, Bookish, LGBTQ Reads, and more!A deeply heartfelt romance novel. Marie ClaireAn unabashed ode to living with, and despite, pain and mortality. The New York Times Book ReviewA New York Times bestselling author, National Book Award finalist, and one of our greatest living writers (Shondaland) reimagines the love story in this fresh and seductive novel about a young woman seeking joy while healing from loss.Feyi Adekola wants to learn how to be alive again. Its been five years since the accident that killed the love of her life and shes almost a new person nowan artist with her own studio and sharing a brownstone apartment with her ride-or-die best friend, Joy, who insists its time for Feyi to ease back into the dating scene. Feyi isnt ready for anything serious, but a steamy encounter at a rooftop party cascades into a whirlwind summer she could have never imagined: a luxury trip to a tropical island, decadent meals in the glamorous home of a celebrity chef, and a major curator who wants to launch her art career. Shes even started dating the perfect guy, but their new relationship might be sabotaged before it has a chance by the overwhelming desire Feyi feels every time she locks eyes with the one person in the house who is most definitely off-limitshis father. This new life she asked for just got a lot more complicated, and Feyi must begin her search for real answers. Who is she ready to become? Can she release her past and honor her grief while still embracing her future? And, of course, theres the biggest question of allhow far is she willing to go for a second chance at love? Akwaeke Emezis vivid and passionate writing takes us deep into a world of possibility and healing, and the constant bravery of choosing love against all odds.

A Good Morning America Buzz PickINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Electrifying." O: The Oprah MagazineNamed a Best Book of 2020 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, USA TODAY, Vanity Fair, Elle, Harpers Bazaar, Marie Claire, Shondaland, Teen Vogue,Vulture, Lit Hub, Bustle, Electric Literature, and BookPageWhat does it mean for a family to lose a child they never really knew?One afternoon, in a town in southeastern Nigeria, a mother opens her front door to discover her sons body, wrapped in colorful fabric, at her feet. What follows is the tumultuous, heart-wrenching story of one familys struggle to understand a child whose spirit is both gentle and mysterious. Raised by a distant father and an understanding but overprotective mother, Vivek suffers disorienting blackouts, moments of disconnection between self and surroundings. As adolescence gives way to adulthood, Vivek finds solace in friendships with the warm, boisterous daughters of the Nigerwives, foreign-born women married to Nigerian men. But Viveks closest bond is with Osita, the worldly, high-spirited cousin whose teasing confidence masks a guarded private life. As their relationship deepensand Osita struggles to understand Viveks escalating crisisthe mystery gives way to a heart-stopping act of violence in a moment of exhilarating freedom. Propulsively readable, teeming with unforgettable characters, The Death of Vivek Oji is a novel of family and friendship that challenges expectationsa dramatic story of loss and transcendence that will move every reader.