Freshwater

R$ 82,90

Sinopse

**LITTLE ROT - THE NEW NOVEL FROM AKWAEKE EMEZI - IS AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW**'Completely blew me away.' Daisy Johnson, author of Everything Under'One of the most dazzling debuts I've ever read.' Taiye Selasi, author of Ghana Must Go 'I'm urging everyone to read it.' Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water CureAda has always been unusual. Her parents prayed her into existence, but something must have gone awry. Their troubled child begins to develop separate selves and is prone to fits of anger and grief.When Ada grows up and heads to college in America, a traumatic event crystallises the selves into something more powerful.As Ada fades into the background of her own mind, these 'alters' - now protective, now hedonistic - take control, shifting her life in a dangerous direction.

Participantes

Autor: Akwaeke Emezi

Autor

AKWAEKE EMEZI

Akwaeke Emezi nasceu em 1987, na Nigéria, em Umuahia, mas cresceu em Aba e atualmente vive nos Estados Unidos e identifica-se como ?gbanje, palavra da cultura igbo que significa um espírito intruso que nasce em forma humana, e que resultaria em uma criança com um terceiro gênero.

Com vários livros publicados no Brasil, a autora está entre as convidadas para a Flip 2023.