Lagoon
Lagoon
paperback
Published:
28 December, 2015
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Description
'Chaotic, enthralling, and moving . . . gut-punchingly beautiful prose' Amal El-Mohtar
'A lyrical, poetic mash-up examining social deprivation, religious excess and the power of story on our lives' Guardian
A star falls from the sky. A woman rises from the sea.
The world will never be the same.
Three strangers, each isolated by his or her own problems: Adaora, the marine biologist. Anthony, the rapper famous throughout Africa. Agu, the troubled soldier. Wandering Bar Beach in Lagos, Nigeria's legendary mega-city, they're more alone than they've ever been before.
But when something like a meteorite plunges into the ocean and a tidal wave overcomes them, these three people will find themselves bound together in ways they could never imagine. Together with Ayodele, a visitor from beyond the stars, they must race through Lagos and against time itself in order to save the city, the world ... and themselves.
Prizes
Short-listed for The Kitschies Red Tentacle 2015 (UK)
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781444762761 |
| ISBN10 | 1444762761 |
| Number Of Pages | 320 |
| Item Weight | 267 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 197 x 21 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
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Author's Bio
Nnedi Okorafor is the author of numerous novels and short stories, including Zahrah the Windseeker, which won the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature, Who Fears Death, winner of the 2011 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel,and Lagoon, which Ngugi wa Thiong'o, author of Wizard of the Crow, calls 'a thing of magic and beauty.' She lives in New York, where she is a professor of creative writing at the University of Buffalo, SUNY.