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Told from the point of view of 9-year-old Benjamin, the youngest of four brothers, 'The Fishermen' is the Cain and Abel-esque story of an unforgettable childhood in 1990s Nigeria. When their father has to travel to a distant city for work, the brothers take advantage of his extended absence to skip school and go fishing. At the forbidden nearby river they encounter a madman, who predicts that one of the brothers will kill another. What happens next is an almost mythic event whose impact - both tragic and redemptive - will transcend the lives and imaginations of both its characters and its readers.
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The Fishermen, Chigozie Obioma
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- Released
- 2015
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- Title
- The Fishermen
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Chigozie Obioma
- Publisher
- One
- Released
- 2015
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 301
- ISBN10
- 0957548850
- ISBN13
- 9780957548855
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Love, Family, Contemporary Fiction, Death, Africa, Violence, Fear, Revenge, Diseases, Siblings, Hatred, Brothers, African Literature, Prophecies, Despair, Nigeria
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
- Description
- Told from the point of view of 9-year-old Benjamin, the youngest of four brothers, 'The Fishermen' is the Cain and Abel-esque story of an unforgettable childhood in 1990s Nigeria. When their father has to travel to a distant city for work, the brothers take advantage of his extended absence to skip school and go fishing. At the forbidden nearby river they encounter a madman, who predicts that one of the brothers will kill another. What happens next is an almost mythic event whose impact - both tragic and redemptive - will transcend the lives and imaginations of both its characters and its readers.