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Okwiri Oduor

    Okwiri Oduor es una escritora keniana cuya obra profundiza en las complejidades de la psique humana y las conexiones interpersonales. Su narrativa breve se caracteriza por una potente voz narrativa, experta en capturar emociones complejas con una sutileza notable. Oduor explora en su escritura temas de identidad, familia y la búsqueda de significado en circunstancias a menudo difíciles. Su estilo literario es celebrado por su profundidad y poder evocador, atrayendo a los lectores a mundos ricamente imaginados.

    Things They Lost
    • Things They Lost

      • 358 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      'Magical, beguiling... Carries echoes of Toni Morrison's Beloved' Guardian A Vulture 'Book We Can't Wait to Read in 2022' They had not lost anyone that year, or the ones they had lost were not worth remembering... Set in the fictional Kenyan town of Mapeli, Things They Lost tells the story of four generations of women, each haunted by the mysterious curse that hangs over the Brown family. At the heart of the novel is Ayosa Ataraxis Brown, twelve years old and the loneliest girl in the world. Okwiri Oduor's stunningly original debut novel sings with Kenyan folklore and myth as it traces Ayosa's fragile, toxic relationship with Nabumbo Promise, her mysterious and beguiling mother who comes and goes like tumbleweed: lost, but not quite gone.

      Things They Lost2022
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