The Road to the Country

''Obioma is truly the heir to Chinua Achebe'' New York Times ''Remarkable'' Alice Walker ''A major new African writer'' Salman Rushdie The twice Booker-shortlisted author returns with his third novel, THE ROAD TO THE COUNTRY, about a young man, Tunde, whose brother is involved in an accident and stranded just as the Biafran war begins. Tunde spends the novel travelling through a war zone to be reunited with his brother - to bring him home and to ask for forgiveness for the part he played in the accident, a part his brother has no knowledge of. A modern day BAND OF BROTHERS or BIRDSONG, THE ROAD TO THE COUNTRY is set to stand alongside HALF OF A YELLOW SUN as the defining novel of one of the most devastating civil wars of the 20th century.

About the author

Chigozie Obioma was born in Akure, Nigeria. His two previous novels, The Fishermen and An Orchestra of Minorities, were both finalist for the Booker Prize. His novels have won the inaugural FT/OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Award for Fiction, the NAACP Image Award, and the Los Angeles Times Award for First Fiction and have been nominated for many others. Together, they have been translated into thirty languages. He was named one of Foreign Policy's 100 Leading Global Thinkers. He is a professor of creative writing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and divides his time between the United States and Nigeria.

Product details

• Authors: Chigozie Obioma
• Publisher: Bantam UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.06.2024
• EAN: 9781529153460
• ISBN: 978-1-5291-5346-0
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 144 mm x 222 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Nigeria, FICTION / War & Military, Historical fiction, FICTION / Family Life / Siblings, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, c 1960 to c 1969, Civil wars, FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / General