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Beasts of no nation : = a novel /

Iweala, Uzodinma.

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Beasts of no nation : = a novel /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Beasts of no nation :/ Uzodinma Iweala.
Reminder of title:	a novel /
Author:	Iweala, Uzodinma.
Published:	New York :Harper Perennial, : 2006.,
Description:	xii, 142, 20 p. ;18 cm.
Notes:	"P.S. insights, interviews & more"--Cover.
Subject:	Child soldiers - Fiction. -
Subject:	Africa - Fiction. -
ISBN:	0060798688 (pbk.) :

Beasts of no nation : = a novel /
Iweala, Uzodinma.

Beasts of no nation :a novel /Uzodinma Iweala. - 1st Harper Perennial ed. - New York :Harper Perennial,2006. - xii, 142, 20 p. ;18 cm.

"P.S. insights, interviews & more"--Cover.

In this stunning debut novel, Agu, a young boy in an unnamed West African nation, is recruited into a unit of guerrilla fighters as civil war engulfs his country. Haunted by his father's own death at the hands of militants, which he fled just before witnessing, Agu is vulnerable to the dangerous yet paternal nature of his new commander. While the war rages on, Agu becomes increasingly divorced from the life he had known before the conflict started -- a life of school friends, church services, and time with his family still intact. As he vividly recalls these sunnier times, his daily reality spins further downward into inexplicable brutality, primal fear, and loss of selfhood. His relationship with his commander deepens even as it darkens, and his camaraderie with a fellow soldier lends a deceptive sense of normalcy to his experience. In a powerful, strikingly original voice that vividly captures Agu's youth and confusion, Uzodinma Iweala has produced a harrowing, deeply affecting novel. Both a searing take on coming-of-age and a vivid document of the dark face of war, Beasts of No Nation announces the arrival of an extraordinary new writer.

ISBN: 0060798688 (pbk.) :US16.95Subjects--Topical Terms:

921090
Child soldiers
--Fiction.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

548361
Africa
--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PS3609.W43 / B43 2006

Beasts of no nation : = a novel /
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020 $a 9780060798680 (pbk.)
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100 $a Iweala, Uzodinma. $3 921089
245 1 0 $a Beasts of no nation : $b a novel / $c Uzodinma Iweala.
250 $a 1st Harper Perennial ed.
260 $a New York : $c 2006. $b Harper Perennial,
300 $a xii, 142, 20 p. ; $c 18 cm.
500 $a "P.S. insights, interviews & more"--Cover.
500 $a Hardcover edition published in 2005 by HarperCollins.
520 $a In this stunning debut novel, Agu, a young boy in an unnamed West African nation, is recruited into a unit of guerrilla fighters as civil war engulfs his country. Haunted by his father's own death at the hands of militants, which he fled just before witnessing, Agu is vulnerable to the dangerous yet paternal nature of his new commander. While the war rages on, Agu becomes increasingly divorced from the life he had known before the conflict started -- a life of school friends, church services, and time with his family still intact. As he vividly recalls these sunnier times, his daily reality spins further downward into inexplicable brutality, primal fear, and loss of selfhood. His relationship with his commander deepens even as it darkens, and his camaraderie with a fellow soldier lends a deceptive sense of normalcy to his experience. In a powerful, strikingly original voice that vividly captures Agu's youth and confusion, Uzodinma Iweala has produced a harrowing, deeply affecting novel. Both a searing take on coming-of-age and a vivid document of the dark face of war, Beasts of No Nation announces the arrival of an extraordinary new writer.
650 $a Child soldiers $v Fiction. $3 921090
651 $a Africa $v Fiction. $3 548361