Bibliograph

What it means when a man falls from the sky, Lesley Nneka Arimah

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What it means when a man falls from the sky, Lesley Nneka Arimah

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

short stories

Main title

What it means when a man falls from the sky

Responsibility statement

Lesley Nneka Arimah

Summary

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 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

Target audience

adult

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