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The Death of Vivek Oji

Paperback • 2021 • English

The Death of Vivek Oji

By Akwaeke Emezi

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About the book

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 ...Show more

Street fiction / urban fiction

Book details

ISBN

9780571351008

Published year

2021

Language

English

Original title

The Death of Vivek Oji

Format

Paperback

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