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Loading... What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky: Stories (edition 2017)by Lesley Nneka Arimah (Author)
Work InformationWhat It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah
   No current Talk conversations about this book.   ) Griffin_Reads | Jul 14, 2023 |  Crítica | O Que Acontece Quando um Homem Cai do Céu, de Lesley Nneka Arimah http://www.planocritico.com/critica-o-que-acontece-quando-um-homem-cai-do-ceu-de... ( ) lulusantiago | Mar 11, 2023 |  ) ninagl | Jan 7, 2023 |  ) framberg | Feb 21, 2022 | Perhaps I need more nigerian cultural background, but few of these stories had any appeal or connection for me. They're mostly about daughters seeking to either impress or reject their mothers, and fathers who don't support them. America is often held up as an ideal destination until the girls get there, to discover it's much like anywhere else, but without the sense of family and community that they've known in africa. (  ) reading_fox | Jan 24, 2022 |
 One of the pleasures of reading Lesley Nneka Arimah’s debut collection is the feeling of being thrown off balance: not knowing where this playful and adventurous new talent will take you next. The 12 stories that make up What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky are set in Nigeria and the US, sometimes moving between the two (the author was born in the UK, has lived in Nigeria and is now based in the States). Arimah’s focus is on the lives of girls and women, and while her perspective is often bleak, the collection is bracing and varied. AwardsDistinctionsNotable Lists
"A dazzlingly accomplished debut collection explores the ties that bind parents and children, husbands and wives, lovers and friends to one another and to the places they call home. In "Who Will Greet You at Home," a National Magazine Award finalist for The New Yorker, A woman desperate for a child weaves one out of hair, with unsettling results. In "Wild," a disastrous night out shifts a teenager and her Nigerian cousin onto uneasy common ground. In "The Future Looks Good," three generations of women are haunted by the ghosts of war, while in "Light," a father struggles to protect and empower the daughter he loves. And in the title story, in a world ravaged by flood and riven by class, experts have discovered how to "fix the equation of a person" - with rippling, unforeseen repercussions. Evocative, playful, subversive, and incredibly human, What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky heralds the arrival of a prodigious talent with a remarkable career ahead of her"-- No library descriptions found. |
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