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Waiting for an Angel

by Helon Habila

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ISBN13: 9780393325119
ISBN10: 0393325113
Condition: Standard
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Lomba is a journalist living under military rule in Lagos, Nigeria, the most dangerous city in the world. His mind is full of soul music and girls and the lyric novel he is writing. But his roommate is brutally attacked by soldiers; his first love is forced to marry a wealthy old man; and his neighbors on Poverty Street are planning a demonstration that is bound to incite riot and arrests. Lomba can no longer bury his head in the sand.

Review:

"Habila's language is joyous — a celebration of artistic freedom and a stylish two fingers at his previous oppressors." Metrolife

Review:

"Brilliantly captures the reign of terror in Lagos in the 1990s." Publishing News

Review:

"Habila's debut is exciting...he is one of the first literary voices to emerge from the newly democratic Nigeria." San Francisco Chronicle

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"Habila employs a prose whose spirituality recalls Wole Soyinka, Amilcar Cabral and King." Time Out (New York)

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"In elegant, economical, and often lyrical prose, Habila captures the state of terror under which Nigerians were forced to live." Times (London)

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"Like an angel, Habila has breathed new life into his world." Village Voice

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"Tender, funny and compassionate." Doris Lessing

About the Author

Helon Habila is the internationally renowned author of Waiting for an Angel, which won both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Caine Prize for African Writing. He lives in the United Kingdom.

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ISBN:
9780393325119
Author:
Habila, Helon
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Subject:
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Political
Edition Description:
Norton Pbk
Publication Date:
January 2004
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
8.26x5.50x.57 in. .49 lbs.

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