by Uzodinma Iweala
Published by HarperCollins (2006)
ISBN 978-0060798680
Description:
In this stunning debut novel, Agu, a young boy in an unnamed
West African nation, is recruited into a unit of guerrilla
fighters as civil war engulfs his country. Haunted by his
father's own death at the hands of militants, Agu is vulnerable
to the dangerous yet paternal nature of his new commander.
While the war rages on, Agu becomes increasingly divorced
from the life he had known before the conflict started—a
life of school friends, church services, and time with his
family still intact.
In a powerful, strikingly original voice that vividly captures
Agu's youth and confusion, Uzodinma Iweala has produced a
harrowing, inventive, and deeply affecting novel.
About the Author:
Uzodinma Iweala was born in 1982 in Washington, D.C. He graduated
from Harvard University, where he was a Mellon Mays Scholar
and received a number of prizes for his writing, including
the Eager Prize, the Horman Prize, the Le Baron Briggs Prize,
and the Hoopes Prize, awarded for outstanding undergraduate
thesis. He lives in New York City.
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