Derek Owusu

Broschiertes Buch

Losing the Plot

Beschreibung

A vital and honest book exploring the pain of the immigrant experience and the turmoil it can carry across generations, from the winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize

Autor

Derek Owusu is an award-winning writer and poet from North London. He has written for the BBC, ITV, Granta, Esquire, GQ and Tate Britain. In 2019, Owusu collated, edited and contributed to SAFE: On Black British Men Reclaiming Space, an anthology exploring the experiences of Black men in Britain. His first novel, That Reminds Me, won the Desmond Elliott Prize for best debut novel published in the UK and Ireland. His novel Losing the Plot was longlisted for the Jhalak Prize and the Dylan Thomas Prize in 2023. The same year, he was selected as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Canongate Books
• Main
• Seitenzahl: 154
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 127mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 118g
• ISBN-13: 9781838855642
• ISBN-10: 1838855645
• Artikelnr.: 67581618

Rezensionen

Masterful . . . This novel is a reflection of a son attempting to embrace the entirety of his mother - all her vulnerability, spikiness and unknowability. And Owusu does so with extraordinary compassion MICHAEL DONKOR i