The Resource New York, my village : a novel, Uwem Akpan
New York, my village : a novel, Uwem Akpan
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The item New York, my village : a novel, Uwem Akpan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in East Baton Rouge Parish Library.This item is available to borrow from 6 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item New York, my village : a novel, Uwem Akpan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in East Baton Rouge Parish Library.
This item is available to borrow from 6 library branches.
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- Summary
- "A daring first novel in the great picaresque tradition--both buoyant comedy and devastating satire--by the author of the best-selling story collection Say You're One of Them. Ekong Udousoro is a Nigerian editor undertaking a reckoning with the brutal recent history of his homeland by curating a collection of stories about the Biafran War. He is thrilled when a publishing fellowship gives him the opportunity to continue his work in Manhattan while learning the ins and outs of publishing. But while his sophisticated colleagues meet him with kindness and hospitality, he is soon exposed to the industry's colder, ruthlessly commercial underbelly, boorish and hostile neighbors, and--beneath a superficial cosmopolitanism--a bedrock of white cultural superiority and racist assumptions about Africa, its peoples, and worst of all, its food. Haunted by the devasting darkness of civil war and searingly observant about the myriad ways that tribalism defines life everywhere from the villages of Africa to the villages within New York City, New York, My Village is nevertheless full of heart, hilarity, and hope"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 404 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393881424
- Label
- New York, my village : a novel
- Title
- New York, my village
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Uwem Akpan
- Subject
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- trueNativism
- Nigerians -- New York (State) | New York -- Fiction
- trueNigerians in the United States
- truePrejudice
- truePublishers and publishing
- Publishers and publishing -- Fiction
- trueRace relations
- trueRacism
- Satirical literature
- trueScholarships and fellowships
- trueAfrican diaspora
- African diaspora -- Fiction
- Africans -- United States -- Fiction
- trueBiafra (1967-1970)
- trueCultural relations
- trueEditors
- trueElectronic books
- trueLegacies
- trueMulticulturalism
- trueNew York City
- trueNigeria
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A daring first novel in the great picaresque tradition--both buoyant comedy and devastating satire--by the author of the best-selling story collection Say You're One of Them. Ekong Udousoro is a Nigerian editor undertaking a reckoning with the brutal recent history of his homeland by curating a collection of stories about the Biafran War. He is thrilled when a publishing fellowship gives him the opportunity to continue his work in Manhattan while learning the ins and outs of publishing. But while his sophisticated colleagues meet him with kindness and hospitality, he is soon exposed to the industry's colder, ruthlessly commercial underbelly, boorish and hostile neighbors, and--beneath a superficial cosmopolitanism--a bedrock of white cultural superiority and racist assumptions about Africa, its peoples, and worst of all, its food. Haunted by the devasting darkness of civil war and searingly observant about the myriad ways that tribalism defines life everywhere from the villages of Africa to the villages within New York City, New York, My Village is nevertheless full of heart, hilarity, and hope"--Provided by publisher
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- 11008113
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Akpan, Uwem
- Dewey number
- 823/.92
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Nigerians
- Publishers and publishing
- Africans
- African diaspora
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a novel
- Label
- New York, my village : a novel, Uwem Akpan
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 404 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393881424
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2021022378
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1233267039
- Label
- New York, my village : a novel, Uwem Akpan
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 404 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393881424
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2021022378
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1233267039
Subject
- trueNativism
- Nigerians -- New York (State) | New York -- Fiction
- trueNigerians in the United States
- truePrejudice
- truePublishers and publishing
- Publishers and publishing -- Fiction
- trueRace relations
- trueRacism
- Satirical literature
- trueScholarships and fellowships
- trueAfrican diaspora
- African diaspora -- Fiction
- Africans -- United States -- Fiction
- trueBiafra (1967-1970)
- trueCultural relations
- trueEditors
- trueElectronic books
- trueLegacies
- trueMulticulturalism
- trueNew York City
- trueNigeria
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