Bøger af Akwaeke Emezi

As Ada fades into the background of her own mind and these selves - now protective, now hedonistic - seize control of Ada, her life spirals in a dark and dangerous direction.Narrated from the perspectives of the various selves within Ada, and based in the author's realities, Freshwater explores the metaphysics of identity and being.

Jam must fight not only to protect her best friend, but also to uncover the truth. In their riveting and timely young adult debut, acclaimed novelist Akwaeke Emezi asks difficult questions about what choices a young person can make when the adults around them are in denial.

From the critically acclaimed author of Pet and The Death of Vivek Oji, Bitter, a companion novel to Pet, takes a timely and riveting look at the power of youth, protest and art.Bitter is thrilled to have been chosen to attend Eucalyptus, a special school where she can focus on her painting surrounded by other creative teens. But outside this haven, the streets are filled with protests against the deep injustices that grip the town of Lucille.Bitter's instinct is to stay safe within the walls of Eucalyptus . . . but her friends aren't willing to settle for a world that the adults say is "e;just the way things are."e; Pulled between old friendships, her creative passion, and a new a romance, Bitter isn't sure where she belongs - in the art studio or in the streets. And if she does find a way to help the revolution while being true to who she is, she must also ask: at what cost?

The Death of Vivek Oji is the story of a Nigerian childhood quite different from those we have been told before, as Emezi's writing speaks to the truth of realities other than those that have already been seen. 'Emezi's surreal prose shines .

“A masterwork…mesmerizing…We come away troubled, unsettled — and in some subtle way changed.”–The New York Times"The perfect steamy read for those hot summer nights." –PeopleA thrilling new novel from the bestselling, award-winning, visionary Akwaeke Emezi   One weekend. The elite underbelly of a Nigerian city. A party that goes awry. A tangled web of sex and lies and corruption that leaves no one unscathed. Aima and Kalu are a longtime couple who have just split. When Kalu, reeling from the breakup, visits an exclusive sex party hosted by his best friend, Ahmed, he makes a decision that will plunge them all into chaos, brutally and suddenly upending their lives. Ola and Souraya, two Nigerian sex workers visiting from Kuala Lumpur, collide into the scene just as everything goes to hell. Sucked into the city’s corrupt and glittering underworld, they’re all looking for a way out, fueled by a desperate need to escape the dangerous threat that looms over them.

"Aima and Kalu are a long-time couple who have just split. When Kalu, reeling from his loss, visits a sex party hosted by his best friend Ahmed, he makes a decision that will plunge them all into chaos, brutally upending their lives. Ola and Souraya, two Nigerian sex workers visiting from Kuala Lumpur, intersect with the three old friends as everything goes to hell. Sucked into the city's corrupt underworld, they're all looking for a way out of the trouble they've instigated, driven by loss and fueled by a desperate need to escape the dangerous threat that looms over them. They careen madly in the face of the poison of power, sexual violence, murder, betrayals. Little Rot tests how far these five will go to save each other--or themselves--when confronted by evil"--

"Aima and Kalu are a long-time couple who have just split. When Kalu, reeling from his loss, visits a sex party hosted by his best friend Ahmed, he makes a decision that will plunge them all into chaos, brutally upending their lives. Ola and Souraya, two Nigerian sex workers visiting from Kuala Lumpur, intersect with the three old friends as everything goes to hell. Sucked into the city's corrupt underworld, they're all looking for a way out of the trouble they've instigated, driven by loss and fueled by a desperate need to escape the dangerous threat that looms over them. They careen madly in the face of the poison of power, sexual violence, murder, betrayals. Little Rot tests how far these five will go to save each other--or themselves--when confronted by evil"--

”Hvis ingen ser dig, er du der så alligevel?”En øm og følsom fortælling om at miste et barn, man aldrig rigtig har kendt, om kroppens betydning og mangel på samme, om at finde sit sande selv i kærlighedens navn.Vivek Ojis mor finder sin søns døde krop uden for sin hoveddør, og dermed tvinges hun ud på en rejse, hvor hun lærer det barn at kende, som hun aldrig rigtig forstod.”Han var lille dengang, levende. Kavita kunne lade håndfladen falde, og så ville den lande på hans lille rundede baghoved, på det bløde hår og den varme hud nedenunder, den kuppelformede knogle, som formede ham. Mange år senere, da hun fandt hele hans legeme udstrakt på deres veranda, under fire meter akwete-stof i røde og sorte tern, erklærede hun, at hun aldrig ville glemme, at bagsiden af hans kranium var revnet og sivet ned i dørmåtten. Kavita løftede alligevel hans nakke for at presse sin kind mod hans og skrige. Hans hår faldt ud over hendes arme, vådt og langt og tykt, og hun jamrede.”Røg direkte ind på New York Times bestsellerliste ved udgivelsen i USA.

In letters addressed to their friends, to members of their family - both biological and chosen - and to fellow storytellers, Akwaeke describes the shape of a life lived in overlapping realities.

It's the opportunity of a lifetime:Feyi is about to be given the chance to escape the City's blistering heat for a dream island holiday: poolside cocktails, beach sunsets, and elaborate meals. And as the sun goes down on her old life our heroine also might just be ready to open her heart to someone new. The only problem is, she's falling for the one man she absolutely can't have.

Nigeriansk-tamilske Akwaeke Emezis funklende, intense, kraftfulde og modige debut.En halvbiografisk bildungsroman, der trodser genrer og antagelser lige så let, som den forstyrrer vestlige idéer om identitet, spiritualitet og køn.Jeg har levet mange liv indeni denne krop.Jeg levede mange liv, før de anbragte mig i denne krop.Jeg vil leve mange liv, når de tager mig ud af den.Ada er svaret på sin katolske fars bøn, men hun fødes som barn af Igbo-guden Ala. Hun er med andre ord en ọgbanje, dvs. en ånd, som fødes ind i en menneskekrop, en slags ondsindet spilopmager, hvis målsætning er at pine menneskemoren ved en uventet død, blot for at vende tilbage i det næste barn og starte forfra.Fra det øjeblik Ada kommer til verden, er hendes bevidsthed uadskilleligt forbundet med stærke kosmiske kræfter, der eksisterede længe før, hun blev født. Hendes sind fyldes af vrangvillige brødresøstre, som tager deres menneskelige legetøj under både kærlig og ondskabsfuld behandling i fortællingen om hendes liv. Men langsomt formår også Ada at manifestere sig som en uigenkaldelig sammensmeltning af de mange forskellige og divergerende udgaver af selvet, hun rummer."Emezis debut er det seneste fremtrædende eksempel på den nigerianske romans spændende opsving ..." Sam Sacks, Wall Street Journal"... bemærkelsesværdig og modig debutroman ..." Tariro Mzezewa, New York Times"En funklende, barsk roman ..." Susan Straight, LA Times" ... en udsøgt debutroman ..." Lucy Scholes, White Review"En livsnødvendig og uforglemmelig debut ..." Jonathan Thornton, Fantasy Hive