The Fishermen

A powerful allegory of brotherhood, vengeance and fate set in a small Nigerian town. Adapted from the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novel.

About the author

Chigozie Obioma is the author of The Fishermen, which was a finalist for the Man Booker prize 2015, and a winner of four other awards. He is a professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and in Nigeria where where he runs various projects.
Gbolahan Obisesan is a writer and director. His plays include: Mad About the Boy (Edinburgh Fringe, 2011; UK tour 2012) and a stage adaptation of Chigozie Obioma's novel The Fishermen (HOME, Manchester, & UK tour, 2018).

He won the 2009 Jerwood Directors' Award at the Young Vic, and was the Young Vic Genesis Fellow for 2015.

He became Artistic Director of Brixton House (formerly Ovalhouse) in 2020.

Author photo by Michael Wharley

Product details

• Authors: Chigozie Obioma
• Publisher: Hern, Nick Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781848427976
• ISBN: 978-1-84842-797-6
• No. of pages: 84
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 5 mm
• Series: NHB Modern Plays
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; DRAMA / General, Plays, Playscripts, Plays, playscripts, drama