Described as a “thrilling tale of survival, ambition, and betrayal,” The Unassuming Vector is more than a coming-of-age story. It is a thought-provoking exploration of the fine line between ambition and greed, and the search for purpose and belonging in a world governed by unseen forces.
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Displaying the journalist’s gift for interlocution, Lara led Teju Cole to speak about the long hiatus that spanned the release of his second novel, Open City and Tremor, his third.
Responding, Mr. Cole noted that “I procrastinated by making, like, six books in between Open City and Tremor. I think it was a search for form. When you work in fiction you just don’t pick a form off the shelf.”
Nwabineli’s book, as a meditation on grief, cuts like a well-sharpened knife and raises posers: Are we to cheer on Eve as she refuses to be consoled?
The first few pages make it clear that there is going to be trouble in…
All things being equal, the U.S. edition of ‘Fine Boys’, a novel by Eghosa Imasuen,…
At the beginning of Onyeka Nwelue’s ‘The Strangers of Braamfontein’, a nameless girl, who acts…
On Sunday July 3, 2020, Samuel Monye’s debut novel, Give us Each Day, was announced…
At some points in Bolaji Olatunde’s third and latest novel, ‘A Person of Heft’, you…
If you read just the prologue, you are likely to immediately conclude that The Lady…
What is the purpose of fiction? Is it to remember? To elicit empathy? Or to…
Let this cup pass…. It had been a long siege, aided by many of whom…
“Michael Ajose was only twelve years old when he decided that he wanted a wife.”…