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The Fishermen
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Chukwudi Iwuji
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
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Publisher's summary
In a Nigerian town in the mid-1990s, four brothers encounter a madman whose mystic prophecy of violence threatens the core of their close-knit family.
Told from the point of view of nine-year-old Benjamin, the youngest of four brothers, The Fishermen is the Cain and Abel-esque story of an unforgettable childhood in 1990s Nigeria, in the small town of Akure. When their strict father has to travel to a distant city for work, the brothers take advantage of his extended absence to skip school and go fishing. At the ominous, forbidden nearby river, they meet a dangerous local madman who persuades the oldest of the boys that he is destined to be killed by one of his siblings.
What happens next is an almost mythic event whose impact - both tragic and redemptive - will transcend the lives and imaginations of its characters and its listeners. Dazzling and viscerally powerful, The Fishermen never leaves Akure, but the story it tells has enormous universal appeal. Seen through the prism of one family's destiny, this is an essential novel about Africa with all of its contradictions - economic, political, and religious - and the epic beauty of its own culture.
With this bold debut, Chigozie Obioma emerges as one of the most original new voices of modern African literature, echoing its older generation's masterful storytelling with a contemporary fearlessness and purpose.
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As young widow Rehana Haque awakes one March morning, she might be forgiven for feeling happy. Today she will throw a party for her son and daughter. In the garden of the house she has built, her roses are blooming, her children are almost grown, and beyond their doorstep, the city is buzzing with excitement after recent elections. Change is in the air.
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sad, poignant, thought-provoking, beautiful
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The best stories pull readers in and keep them turning the pages, eager to discover more—to find the answer to the question: "And then what happened?" The true hallmark of great literature is great imagination, and as Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio prove with this outstanding collection, when it comes to great fiction, all genres are equal.
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Stunning Historical Novel
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Zimbabwe, 2194. General Matsika's three children sneak out of the house on a forbidden adventure and disappear. Immediately,the general calls Africa's most unusual detectives: the Ear, the Eye, and the Arm. Together these three detectives combine their superhuman powers to find the missing children. It's a dangerous mission that leads them from the seedy streets of the Cow's Guts to the swaying top of the Mile-High MacIlwaine Hotel.
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Amazing premise, decent execution
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Halina Shore is a Polish born forensic dentist living in Australia. When she travels to Poland to take part in the investigation of a war crime, she finds herself at the center of a bitter struggle in a community that has been divided by a grim legacy. As the investigation proceeds, her professional assignment becomes a confronting personal odyssey as the truth about her own past begins to emerge.
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Historical Story Marred by Unnecessary Fluff
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- Kenya
- 05-12-16
really paints a picture with his words
the most unusual and creative writing I've read. writing like speaking only better. very colorful , every word like watching different colored threads moving through weaving machine. as moving and sometimes depressing as Precious yet satisfying and delightful to immerse one's self in. this book makes me want to find more African authors.
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- TYL
- 03-24-22
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Wow! This is a deep and powerful story made even better by the outstanding narration. I couldn’t stop listening because I had to know what happened to the brothers.
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- Jessica Egoyibo Mong
- 01-02-20
I'm grateful it's fiction
Chapter after chapter, this story left little but deep incisions in my heart, but in the same spot, so that the wound got deeper and more painful as I listened on.
Until the last chapter when, emotionally battered, physically tired and needing to lie down to continue, ChigoIe mercifully let my bloodied heart start to heal.
This one touched my soul.
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- Sharon
- 01-15-21
A very compelling read
I could not put this down. There are so many lessons to be learned in this story. So much about it was relatable. Two thumbs up.
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- Tkmabs
- 01-02-21
Incredibly Written - Had me gasping constantly
I couldn’t stop listening. The reader is fantastic. He brought the characters to life for me. The author describes scenarios so amazingly. If you like a straight forward story, the way this one is told might be frustrating but I think it’s what made it such a great project of literature. The story took so many twists and turns that left me gasping trying to figure out how I didn’t see things coming. You learn so much about African culture. I look forward to listening to his other book.
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- Josh
- 12-03-16
loved it
Very good book. Dramatic story. Great performance by Chukwudi. I enjoy stories involving different cultures. Gives you a picture into tumultuous times in Nigeria.
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- Possum Bean
- 08-01-16
So much to enjoy
I think all of us who are avid listeners or readers think that we have a book inside ourselves - and then along comes a book like The Fisherman and whoosh!, all of those ideas of writing our own story go out the window. That is because the beauty of this story is so elegantly written with analogies that are like poetry, so wonderfully drawn out (you never know where it is going), that you think to yourself why not just sit back and leave the driving (writing) to someone who really knows what they are doing, give up all ideas of writing and just enjoy something that could not be done better.
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- Julia
- 02-07-21
Pretty Dark
I really liked the first half of the book - it kept me interested and the narrator is exciting and light-hearted. Then the book takes a turn and it becomes one distressing, tragic event and description after the other. Personally, I can’t deal with distressing media. I think the story was great, but for people like me, it’s kind of a lot; I wish I knew it was so dark. From the book description, it doesn’t seem like it’s a very dark story - but it is. Great narrator! So engaging.
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- Debby
- 11-15-16
Powerful story
Shows how one incident can change your life forever. It was griping to the end. Really enjoyed the narrator's voice.
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- Janice s
- 12-25-15
Like fine art
I can't even explain how well written this book is; i appreciated the depth of the storyline and the circularity of the narrative. Really engaging!
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