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WHO FEARS DEATH
by Okorafor, Nnedi
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Fine in fine unclipped dj.
- ISBN 10
- 0008288704
- ISBN 13
- 9780008288709
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About This Item
London: HarperCollins, 2018. First UK Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in fine unclipped dj.. First UK Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. First UK Edition of Nigerian-American author's acclaimed first novel for adults. Originally published in 2010 by DAW Books and that edition is quite scarce now. Winner of the World Fantasy Award. Described as Afrofuturism, but the author prefers the term Africanfuturism, a term she coined herself. Plans to develop the book into an HBO series with George R. R. Martin producing have been announced. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers.
Synopsis
Read Nnedi Okorafor's posts on the Penguin Blog. An award-winning literary author presents her first foray into supernatural fantasy with a novel of post- apocalyptic Africa. In a far future, post-nuclear-holocaust Africa, genocide plagues one region. The aggressors, the Nuru, have decided to follow the Great Book and exterminate the Okeke. But when the only surviving member of a slain Okeke village is brutally raped, she manages to escape, wandering farther into the desert. She gives birth to a baby girl with hair and skin the color of sand and instinctively knows that her daughter is different. She names her daughter Onyesonwu, which means "Who Fears Death?" in an ancient African tongue. Reared under the tutelage of a mysterious and traditional shaman, Onyesonwu discovers her magical destiny-to end the genocide of her people. The journey to fulfill her destiny will force her to grapple with nature, tradition, history, true love, the spiritual mysteries of her culture-and eventually death itself.
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- Bookseller
- Bert Babcock - Bookseller, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50434
- Title
- WHO FEARS DEATH
- Author
- Okorafor, Nnedi
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in fine unclipped dj.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK Edition / First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0008288704
- ISBN 13
- 9780008288709
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2018
- Keywords
- fantasy, horror, mmb, dystopian
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Bert Babcock - Bookseller, LLC
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Derry, New Hampshire
About Bert Babcock - Bookseller, LLC
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