An orchestra of minorities : a novel / Chigozie Obioma.

By:

Obioma, Chigozie, 1986-

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019Copyright date: �2019Edition: First editionDescription: 448 pagesContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0316412392 (hc)
9780316412391

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

Summary: A contemporary twist on the Odyssey, An Orchestra of Minorities is narrated by the chi, or spirit of a young poultry farmer named Chinonso. His life is set off course when he sees a woman who is about to jump off a bridge. Horrified by her recklessness, he hurls two of his prized chickens off the bridge. The woman, Ndali, is stopped in her tracks. Chinonso and Ndali fall in love but she is from an educated and wealthy family. When her family objects to the union on the grounds that he is not her social equal, he sells most of his possessions to attend college in Cyprus. But when he arrives in Cyprus, he discovers that he has been utterly duped by the young Nigerian who has made the arrangements for him. Penniless, homeless, we watch as he gets further and further away from his dream and from home.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
BOOK	Meaford Public Library Fiction	Fiction	FIC Obiom (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		25917

Total holds: 0

Browsing Meaford Public Library shelves, Shelving location: Fiction, Collection: Fiction Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous								Next
Previous	FIC Oates A book of American martyrs /	FIC Oates Night. Sleep. Death. The stars. : a novel /	FIC Oates Babysitter /	FIC Obiom An orchestra of minorities : a novel /	FIC O'Brie The little red chairs /	FIC O'Brie Girl /	FIC O'Farr Hamnet : a novel of the plague /	Next

A contemporary twist on the Odyssey, An Orchestra of Minorities is narrated by the chi, or spirit of a young poultry farmer named Chinonso. His life is set off course when he sees a woman who is about to jump off a bridge. Horrified by her recklessness, he hurls two of his prized chickens off the bridge. The woman, Ndali, is stopped in her tracks. Chinonso and Ndali fall in love but she is from an educated and wealthy family. When her family objects to the union on the grounds that he is not her social equal, he sells most of his possessions to attend college in Cyprus. But when he arrives in Cyprus, he discovers that he has been utterly duped by the young Nigerian who has made the arrangements for him. Penniless, homeless, we watch as he gets further and further away from his dream and from home.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.