【预订】The Extinction of Menai 9780821422984
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/ 2018-03-07
Product Details 基本信息 ISBN-13 书号 9780821422984 Author 作者 Chuma Nwokolo Format 版本 平装-胶订 Pages Number 页数 380页 Publisher 出版社 Ohio University Press Publication Date 出版日期 2018-03-07 Language 语种 其它(含多语) Book Contents 内容简介 In the early 1980s, a pharmaceutical company administers an unethical drug trial to residents of the Niger Delta village of Kreektown. When children die as a result of the trial, the dominoes of language extinction and cultural collapse begin to topple. Decades later the end looms for the Menai people. Continents-apart twin brothers separated at birth, an excommunicated daughter living an urbane life with her doctor husband, and an infamous vigilante are among the indelible characters whose lives are shaped by this collective tragedy. Not least of these is the spiritual leader Mata Nimito, who retraces his people’s ancient migration on his quest t
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