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Ukamaka Olisakwe

    Ukamaka Olisakwe je nigerijská autorka, jejíž díla se zabývají složitými otázkami identity a kulturního střetu. Její próza, plná živých postav a pronikavých postřehů, zkoumá dopady tradice a modernity na jednotlivce. Olisakwe často píše o silných ženských postavách, které se snaží najít své místo ve světě plném očekávání. Její styl je zároveň poetický i syrový, což čtenářům nabízí hluboký a nezapomenutelný zážitek.

    Ogadinma
    • Ogadinma

      • 256 stránek
      • 9 hodin čtení

      Ogadinma Or, Everything Will be All Right tells the story of the naïve and trusting teenager Ogadinma as she battles against Nigeria's societal expectations in the 1980s. After a rape and unwanted pregnancy leave her exiled from her family in Kano, thwarting her plans to go to university, she is sent to her aunt's in Lagos and pressured into a marriage with an older man. When their whirlwind romance descends into abuse and indignity, Ogadinma is forced to channel her independence and resourcefulness to escape a fate that appears all but inevitable. Ogadinma, the UK debut by Ukamaka Olisakwe, introduces a heroine for whom it is impossible not to root, and announces the author as a gifted chronicler of the patriarchal experience.‘An intimate and dazzling exploration of the life and times of a young Nigerian woman whose move to the capital city of Lagos leads to a series of encounters, which are by turns disorienting, revelatory and tragic.’ Christopher Merrill, author of Self-Portrait with Dogwood‘Written in vivid, engaging prose, this is the story of one woman’s journey to independence.’ Chinelo Okparanta, author of Under the Udala Trees and Happiness, Like Water: Stories

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