In the mythic style of the Igbo literary tradition, Chigozie Obioma weaves a heart-wrenching epic about the tension between destiny and determination.
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
About the Author
Chigozie Obioma was named one of Foreign Policy magazine’s 100 Leading Global Thinkers in 2015, after the huge impact of his debut novel.Other nominated books by Chigozie Obioma
