· Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala is published by John Murray (£). To order a copy for £ go to bltadwin.ru or call . Speak No Evil Uzodinma Iweala. Harper, $ (p) ISBN More By and About This Author. OTHER BOOKS. Our Kind of People: A Continent's Challenge, a Country's Hope; Beasts of . · Uzodinma Iweala’s novel Speak no Evil is centred around Niru, the American-born son of Nigerian immigrants who try to put their son through conversion therapy after he comes out as gay.
Speak No Evil - Ebook written by Uzodinma Iweala. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read Speak No Evil. Uzodinma Iweala's slender novel, SPEAK NO EVIL, speaks volumes, and reverberates with hard truths about the intersections of race, gender, institutionalized violence and sexuality. In contemporary D.C., two year-olds navigate these intersections. Speak No Evil Uzodinma Iweala. Harper, $ (p) ISBN More By and About This Author. OTHER BOOKS. Our Kind of People: A Continent's Challenge, a Country's Hope; Beasts of No.
In the tradition of Junot Diaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah, Speak No Evil explores what it means to be different in a fundamentally conformist society and how that difference plays out in our inner and outer struggles. It is a novel about the power of words and self-identification, about who gets to speak and who has the power to speak for other people. In Speak No Evil, Uzodinma Iweala highlights some of the realities of growing up in a Nigerian immigrant household in the U.S. Things get real for the Ikemadu family when Niru’s dad, Obi, discovers Niru is queer; “It is an abomination!” The novel tells the heartbreaking story that unfolds. It is a novel about the power of words and self-identification, about who gets to speak and who has the power to speak for other people. As heart-wrenching and timely as his breakout debut, Beasts of No Nation, Uzodinma Iweala's second novel cuts to the core of our humanity and leaves us reeling in its wake. Part I.
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