CHINENYE EMEZIE

 

• ​Papa took one look at him and within seconds, the smoke that the fire in his eyes was emitting filled the room.  Nneora and I started to back away on our bottoms, we knew what it meant, and we knew what would follow next. As I got to the exit door, I got up and hid behind the rickety curtain that Mama told us she bought a week before Nneora was born. The curtain, suffice it to say was a shadow of its former self, for its captured glory in the family portrait on the living room wall was that of beauty and neat straight lines...

                                                 Chinenye Emezie - Glass House, 2021

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https://www.penguinrandomhouse.co.za/book/glass-house/9781485904472

ISBN 

9781485904472

Format: Paperback

 

https://www.amazon.ca/Glass-House-Chinenye-Emezie-ebook/dp/B09GBPZD5Z

ISBN 

9781485904878

Format 

Epub

 

 

 

From the popular Africa Book Club Short Reads monthly writing competition which yours truly won in Nov 2013, comes this original collection of short stories. Consisting of over 50 winning stories that run the breadth of the continent in terms of the countries and themes they cover. They reflect a continent on the move, one that is bustling with life, creativity, love, laughter, opportunity, hope, and promise - a far cry from the singularly negative stereotypes that so often come to mind when reading about Africa.

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A Bundle of Joy and other Stories from Africa

• ISBN-10: 1941221041

• ISBN-13: 978-1941221044

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