{"product_id":"speak-no-evil-9780061284939","title":"Speak No Evil","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Gold Nautilus Award for Fiction A Lambda Literary Award Finalist A Barbara Gittings Literature Award Finalist \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eOne of Bustle's and Paste's Most Anticipated Fiction Books of the Year \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eSpeak No Evil\u003c\/em\u003e is the rarest of novels: the one you start out just to read, then end up sinking so deeply into it, seeing yourself so clearly in it, that the novel starts reading you.\" -- Marlon James, Booker Award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eA Brief History of Seven Killings\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the tradition of Junot Diaz's \u003cem\u003eThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao\u003c\/em\u003e and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's \u003cem\u003eAmericanah, Speak No Evil\u003c\/em\u003e explores what it means to be different in a fundamentally conformist society and how that difference plays out in our inner and outer struggles. \u003c\/strong\u003eIt is a novel about the power of words and self-identification, about who gets to speak and who has the power to speak for other people. As heart-wrenching and timely as his breakout debut, \u003cem\u003eBeasts of No Nation, \u003c\/em\u003e Uzodinma Iweala's second novel cuts to the core of our humanity and leaves us reeling in its wake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the surface, Niru leads a charmed life. Raised by two attentive parents in Washington, D.C., he's a top student and a track star at his prestigious private high school. Bound for Harvard in the fall, his prospects are bright. But Niru has a painful secret: he is queer--an abominable sin to his conservative Nigerian parents. No one knows except Meredith, his best friend, the daughter of prominent Washington insiders--and the one person who seems not to judge him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen his father accidentally discovers Niru is gay, the fallout is brutal and swift. Coping with troubles of her own, however, Meredith finds that she has little left emotionally to offer him. As the two friends struggle to reconcile their desires against the expectations and institutions that seek to define them, they find themselves speeding toward a future more violent and senseless than they can imagine. Neither will escape unscathed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Uzodinma Iweala\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061284939\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIweala, Uzodinma:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUzodinma Iweala received the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, all for \u003cem\u003eBeasts of No Nation\u003c\/em\u003e. He was also selected as one of \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e's Best Young American Novelists. A graduate of Harvard University and the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, he lives in New York City and Lagos, Nigeria.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43088231104627,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":20.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/speak-no-evil-9780061284939","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}