How Beautiful We Were
Imbolo Mbue
From the celebrated author of theNew York TimesbestsellerBehold the Dreamerscomes a sweeping, wrenching story about the collision of a small African village and an American oil company.
We should have known the end was near.
So begins Imbolo Mbue's devastating second novel, How Beautiful We Were. Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, it tells of a people living in fear amid environmental degradation wrought by an American oil company. Pipeline spills have rendered farmlands infertile. Children are dying from drinking toxic water. Promises of cleanup and financial reparations to the villagers are made—and ignored. The country's government, led by a brazen dictator, exists to serve its own interest. Left with few choices, the people of Kosawa decide to fight back. Their struggle will last for decades and come at a steep price.
Told from the perspective of a generation of...
We should have known the end was near.
So begins Imbolo Mbue's devastating second novel, How Beautiful We Were. Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, it tells of a people living in fear amid environmental degradation wrought by an American oil company. Pipeline spills have rendered farmlands infertile. Children are dying from drinking toxic water. Promises of cleanup and financial reparations to the villagers are made—and ignored. The country's government, led by a brazen dictator, exists to serve its own interest. Left with few choices, the people of Kosawa decide to fight back. Their struggle will last for decades and come at a steep price.
Told from the perspective of a generation of...
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Năm:
2021
Nhà xuát bản:
Random House Publishing Group
Ngôn ngữ:
english
ISBN 10:
0593229169
ISBN 13:
9780593229163
File:
MOBI , 556 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2021
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