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The fishermen [sound recording] : a novel / by Chigozie Obionma.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: SoundSoundPublisher number: DD22985 | Recorded BooksPublication details: Ashland, Or. : Blackstone Audio ; Prince Frederick, MD : Distributed by Recorded Books, [2015], p2015.Description: 8 sound discs (10 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 computer optical discISBN:
  • 9781478964742
  • 147896474X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823/.914 23
LOC classification:
  • PR9387.9.O2756 F57 2015c
Read by Chukwudi Iwuji.Summary: Told from the point of view of nine-year-old Benjamin, the youngest of four brothers, this is the Cain and Abel-esque story of an unforgettable childhood in 1990s Nigeria. When their 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 forbidden nearby river, they encounter a madman who predicts that one of the brothers will kill another. What happens next is an almost mythic event whose impact--both tragic and redemptive--will transcend the lives and imaginations of the characters.
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Unabridged.

Compact discs.

In container (16 x 18 cm.)

Release date supplied by publisher.

Recording produced by Hachette Audio, p2015.

"Includes a PDF disc of drawings"--Container.

Read by Chukwudi Iwuji.

Told from the point of view of nine-year-old Benjamin, the youngest of four brothers, this is the Cain and Abel-esque story of an unforgettable childhood in 1990s Nigeria. When their 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 forbidden nearby river, they encounter a madman who predicts that one of the brothers will kill another. What happens next is an almost mythic event whose impact--both tragic and redemptive--will transcend the lives and imaginations of the characters.

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