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The death of Vivek Oji / Akwaeke Emezi.
By: Emezi, Akwaeke.
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BookPublisher: London : Faber, 2021Description: Paperback 20 cm.ISBN: 9780571351008 (pbk.) :; 057135100X (pbk.) :.Subject(s): General | Nigeria -- FictionSummary: They burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died. One afternoon, a mother opens her front door to find the length of her son's body stretched out on the veranda, swaddled in akwete material, his head on her welcome mat. 'The Death of Vivek Oji' transports us to the day of Vivek's birth, the day his grandmother Ahunna died. It is the story of an over protective mother and a distant father, and the heart-wrenching tale of one family's struggle to understand their child, just as Vivek learns to recognize himself.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult fiction book | Burtonwood Library General fiction | FICTION (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34143110503560 | |||
| Adult fiction book | Woolston Library General fiction | FICTION (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34143110503578 |
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Originally published: New York: Riverhead Books, 2020.
They burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died. One afternoon, a mother opens her front door to find the length of her son's body stretched out on the veranda, swaddled in akwete material, his head on her welcome mat. 'The Death of Vivek Oji' transports us to the day of Vivek's birth, the day his grandmother Ahunna died. It is the story of an over protective mother and a distant father, and the heart-wrenching tale of one family's struggle to understand their child, just as Vivek learns to recognize himself.