In a small town in 1990s Nigeria, four brothers’ lives are unravelled by a devastating prophecy
The Fishermen
Written by Chigozie Obioma
- Shortlisted
- The Man Booker Prize 2015
- Published by Pushkin ONE
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Chigozie Obioma combines classic African storytelling with contemporary fiction in this haunting fable suffused with supernatural power
In a small Nigerian town in the mid-1990s, four brothers take advantage of their strict father’s absence to go fishing in a forbidden river. They encounter a dangerous local madman, whose mystic prophecy of violence threatens the very core of their close-knit family. He predicts that one of the brothers will kill another. This evil prophecy of violence unleashes a tragic chain of events.
Chigozie Obioma
Nigerian author Chigozie Obioma has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize twice, and judged the prize in 2021
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In the mythic style of the Igbo literary tradition, Chigozie Obioma weaves a heart-wrenching epic about the tension between destiny and determination
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