The Death Of Vivek Oji Av Akwaeke Emezi

<p><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE<br></b><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD<br></b><b>''Astonishing.'' <i>Stylist</i></b><br><b>''Electrifying.'' <i>O: The Oprah Magazine</i></b><br><b>''Brilliant and heartbreaking.'' <i>Marie Claire</i></b><br><b>''Propulsive and resonant.'' <i>Esquire</i></b><br><br><font><b><i>They burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died.</i></b></font><br><br>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. <i>The Death of Vivek Oji</i> 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.<br><br>Teeming with unforgettable characters whose lives have been shaped by Vivek¿s gentle and enigmatic

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