Description
| Product ID: | 9781911648277 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Walking on Cowrie Shells |
| Subtitle: | Stories |
| Authors: | Author: Nana Nkweti |
| Page Count: | 208 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Short stories, Short stories |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Walking on Cowrie Shells focuses on the lives of hyphenated-Americans with a multi-cultural heritage in the USA and Africa. The book spans genres – literary realism, horror, mystery, YA, science fiction – and features complex, fully-embodied characters: tongue-tied linguistic anthropologists, comic book enthusiasts and even water goddesses. Walking on Cowrie Shells focuses on the lives of hyphenated-Americans with a multi-cultural heritage in the United States and Africa. The book spans genres - literary realism, horror, mystery, YA, science fiction - and features complex, fully-embodied characters: tongue-tied linguistic anthropologists, comic book enthusiasts and even water goddesses. The author hopes her stories entertain readers while also offering them a counterpoint to prevalent ''heart of darkness'' writing that too often depicts a singular ''African'' experience plagued by locusts, hunger, and tribal in-fighting. |
| Imprint Name: | The Indigo Press |
| Publisher Name: | The Indigo Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-05-05 |
