Beasts of No Nation (P.S.) - Softcover
Agu, a young boy in an unnamed West African nation, is recruited into a unit of guerrilla fighters as civil war engulfs his country. In a powerful, strikingly original debut that vividly captures Agu's youth and confusion, Iweala has produced a harrowing, deeply affecting novel.
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"Stark, vivid.... Written like a nightmare in progress, this story is a fever dream of voice and consciousness."--San Francisco Chronicle
"This is an extraordinary book. . . . It's so vivid [and] powerful."--Sunday Telegraph
"A brilliant debut. . . . This is a remarkable novel that suggests a dazzling literary future."--People (****)
"Remarkable. . . . Iweala never wavers from a gripping, pulsing narrative voice."--Entertainment Weekly (A)
"[Beasts of No Nation] is a work of visceral urgency...it heralds the arrival of a major talent."--Amitav Ghosh, author of The Glass Palace
"Searing. . . . An extraordinary debut novel."--Time.com
"Searing and visceral. . . . Agu's unblinking innocence gives the story its most powerful and disturbing beauty."--San Diego Union-Tribune
"The hypnotic present tense, first-person narration draws the reader deep into the child soldier's shattered psyche."--The Washington Post
"Uzodinma Iweala is a gifted and brave writer."--Chris Abani, author of GraceLand
"An astonishing debut."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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"This is an extraordinary book. . . . It's so vivid [and] powerful."--Sunday Telegraph
"A brilliant debut. . . . This is a remarkable novel that suggests a dazzling literary future."--People (****)
"Remarkable. . . . Iweala never wavers from a gripping, pulsing narrative voice."--Entertainment Weekly (A)
"[Beasts of No Nation] is a work of visceral urgency...it heralds the arrival of a major talent."--Amitav Ghosh, author of The Glass Palace
"Searing. . . . An extraordinary debut novel."--Time.com
"Searing and visceral. . . . Agu's unblinking innocence gives the story its most powerful and disturbing beauty."--San Diego Union-Tribune
"The hypnotic present tense, first-person narration draws the reader deep into the child soldier's shattered psyche."--The Washington Post
"Uzodinma Iweala is a gifted and brave writer."--Chris Abani, author of GraceLand
"An astonishing debut."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
A stunning novel about a child-soldier in Africa that introduces a brilliant young writer and will be much discussed.
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- PublisherHarper Perennial
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0060798688
- ISBN 13 9780060798680
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