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Lagoon
Nnedi Okorafor
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Description for Lagoon
Paperback. A star falls from the sky. A woman rises from the sea. The world will never be the same. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FH; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
Three strangers, each isolated by his or her own problems: Adaora, the marine biologist. Anthony, the rapper famous throughout Africa. Agu, the troubled soldier. Wandering Bar Beach in Lagos, Nigeria's legendary mega-city, they're more alone than they've ever been before.
But when something like a meteorite plunges into the ocean and a tidal wave overcomes them, these three people will find themselves bound together in ways they could never imagine. Together with Ayodele, a visitor from beyond the stars, they must race through Lagos and against time itself in order to save the city, the world... and themselves.
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Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444762761
SKU
V9781444762761
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99-50
About Nnedi Okorafor
Nnedi Okorafor is the author of numerous novels and short stories, including Zahrah the Windseeker, which won the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature, Who Fears Death, winner of the 2011 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel,and Lagoon, which Ngugi wa Thiong'o, author of Wizard of the Crow, calls 'a thing of magic and beauty.' She lives in ... Read more
Reviews for Lagoon
Praise for Who Fears Death: 'A fantastical, magical blend of grand storytelling'
Publishers Weekly
Beautifully written, this is dystopian fantasy at its very best,
Library Journal Review
Both wondrously magical and terribly realistic.
Washington Post
Publishers Weekly
Beautifully written, this is dystopian fantasy at its very best,
Library Journal Review
Both wondrously magical and terribly realistic.
Washington Post