Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo

Gebundenes Buch

The Tiny Things Are Heavier

Beschreibung

Named a Best Book of 2025 by Vogue and Harper's Bazaar A heart-rending debut novel about a Nigerian immigrant as she tries to find her place at home and in America-a powerful epic about love, grief, family, and belonging.

Autor

Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. She received an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and a PhD from Florida State University. Her fiction has appeared in Isele Magazine, Guernica, and Catapult. She's a recipient of a 2021 Elizabeth George Foundation Grant. Home for her is Lagos, Nigeria. She lives in Detroit, Michigan.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury USA
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 162mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 510g
• ISBN-13: 9781639734108
• ISBN-10: 1639734104
• Artikelnr.: 71986282

Rezensionen

Okonkwo's ability to skillfully narrate the triumphs, upheavals and disappointments of young love defies comparison to any other writer; the fact that The Tiny Things Are Heavier is Okonkwo's debut is hard to believe given the fully realized scope of her prose.