Akwaeke Emezi

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  Eau douce

  Akwaeke Emezi

  • Folio
  • Folio
  • 2 Février 2023
  • 9782072963773

  «Le monde dans ma tête a toujours été bien plus réel que celui du dehors - c'est peut-être l'exacte définition de la folie, quand on y pense.» Ada n'a jamais été comme les autres. Dès sa naissance, tout se bouscule en elle. La petite fille semble habitée par des esprits rivaux, tantôt lumineux, tantôt violents. Alors qu'elle grandit, s'émancipe, découvre la sexualité, elle ne cesse de lutter pour garder le contrôle de sa vie. De son enfance au Nigéria jusqu'aux États-Unis où elle part étudier, Ada cherche sa place dans cette existence tourmentée. Comment se construire et aimer quand on ne sait pas qui l'on est ?

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  La mort de Vivek Oji

  Akwaeke Emezi

  • GALLIMARD
  • Du Monde Entier
  • 9 Février 2023
  • 9782072940897

  Le lendemain d'une grande émeute au marché, la mère de Vivek Oji découvre le corps de son fi ls allongé sur leur véranda, sans vie. Une simple toile imprimée d'hibiscus rouges recouvre son corps nu. Comment un destin si tragique a-t-il pu frapper ce jeune homme de vingt ans, promis à un bel avenir ? La mère se met alors à explorer le passé à l'affût de bribes de réponses, de signes. Vivek était certes né avec une étrange tache près de la cheville. Puis il s'était curieusement laissé pousser les cheveux, de plus en plus long, malgré le courroux de son père. Parfois, il semblait aussi planer, ailleurs. En filigrane, son cousin prend également la parole pour nous dévoiler la part secrète de Vivek, son plaisir caché de se vêtir en femme, son attirance pour les hommes... Au fil de la lecture se compose ainsi le portrait complexe et bouleversant d'un être né dans une société nigériane et dans une famille qui ne l'acceptent pas tel qu'il voudrait être au grand jour. D'une plume lumineuse et sensuelle, Akwaeke Emezi signe un deuxième roman d'une splendeur troublante, au style aussi doux que fiévreux. La mort de Vivek Oji mêle puissamment les questions d'identité, de genre, de tolérance et d'innocence. Mais c'est avant tout le roman bouleversant et universel d'une jeunesse injustement brisée en plein vol. Lire la suite Fermer

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  YOU MADE A FOOL OF DEATH WITH YOUR BEAUTY

  Akwaeke Emezi

  • Faber
  • 25 Mai 2023
  • 9780571372683

  *A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* A ZOELLA BOOK CLUB PICK ''This book filled me with excitement and possibilities.'' Jenny Colgan '' Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous .'' @savidgereads ''Say hello to the book of the summer '' @bettysbooksuk ''Fantastic . . . I cannot put it down.'' @thebibliotucker ____________ Have you fallen for this INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING novelist''s sizzling hot entrance into the world of romance? 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. ____________ ''A must read for all romance lovers'' @between2books_ ''Emezi is a dream of a writer. My heart soared and shook and panted.'' BOLU BABALOLA ''A scorching tale of love after loss.'' Kirkus Reviews Lire la suite Fermer

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  THE DEATH OF VIVEK OJI

  Akwaeke Emezi

  • Faber
  • 1 Avril 2021
  • 9780571351008

  SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE ''Astonishing.'' Stylist ''Electrifying.'' O: The Oprah Magazine ''Brilliant and heartbreaking.'' Marie Claire ''Propulsive and resonant.'' Esquire They burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died. One afternoon, a mother opens her front door to find the length of her son''s body stretched out on the veranda, swaddled in akwete material, his head on her welcome mat. The Death of Vivek Oji transports us to the day of Vivek''s birth, the day his grandmother Ahunna died. It is the story of an over protective mother and a distant father, and the heart-wrenching tale of one family''s struggle to understand their child, just as Vivek learns to recognize himself. Teeming with unforgettable characters whose lives have been shaped by Vivek''s gentle and enigmatic spirit, it shares with us a Nigerian childhood that challenges expectations. This novel, and its celebration of the innocence and optimism of youth, will touch all those who embrace it. What readers are saying: ''The book is so beautifully written and I''ve never read anything like it ever before .'' ''This is a gorgeously written story of identity, sexuality, love, grief, friendship, and the need to live the life you want, even in a country where doing so might be deadly . . . This was emotional, beautiful, and so poignant, and their storytelling took my breath away .'' ''This book is both so joyful and so devastating .'' ''The way Emezi made me care so deeply about these characters was just incredible, so that when the whole truth of Vivek''s death was revealed I felt so personally affected by it. This book is about so many things all at once . . . The writing is so simple yet beautifully emotive . And I cried.'' ''FIVE HUGE STARS . . . The Death of Vivek Oji is a poignant and tantalizing novel that wraps you up in its web of characters and feeds on you with carnivorous force , all while softening your heart and mind to a world outside of the normal social constraints we have been conditioned to.'' (Goodreads reader reviews)
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  CONTENT WARNING ; EVERYTHING

  Akwaeke Emezi

  • Bloomsbury
  • 16 Février 2023
  • 9781526658678

  ''A triumph ... A wholly original and creative mind'' NEW YORK TIMES ''Akwaeke Emezi continues to astound with their prolific multi-genre, multidisciplinary work'' SHONDALAND ________________________ A fiercely contemporary collection which renegotiates the contract between poet and reader in the light of this moment in human history, from the bestselling author of The Death of Vivek Oji Content Warning: Everything concerns itself with the fugitive nature of being in the world especially, but not exclusively, within blackness. The poems reshape possibilities for poetry by paying close attention to the author''s rhythm of thought, making a series of durable anthems from the noise of the contemporary moment.
  
  In this bold debut poetry collection, Akwaeke Emezi - award-winning author of Freshwater, PET, The Death of Vivek Oji and Dear Senthuran - imagines a new depth of belonging. Crafted of both divine and earthly materials, these poems travel from home to homesickness, tracing desire to surrender and abuse to survival, while mapping out a chosen family that includes the son of god, mary auntie, and magdalene with the chestnut eyes.
  
  Written from a spiritfirst perspective and celebrating the essence of self that is impossible to drown, kill, or reduce, Content Warning: Everything distills the radiant power and epic grief of a mischievous and wanting young deity, embodied.> Lire la suite Fermer

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  LITTLE ROT

  Emezi Akwaeke

  • Faber
  • 1 Mars 2025
  • 9780571382828

  Akwaeke Emezi''s exhilarating new novel follows five people over the course of a weekend which will brutally upend all of their lives.
  
  As Kalu drops Aima at the airport, it marks the end of their four-year relationship. Shattered and broken open, he thinks that''s the last he will see of his ex-girlfriend. But, reeling from the breakup, both Aima and Kalu find themselves drawn back to Lagos: to separate nights of decadence. When Kalu visits an exclusive sex party hosted by his best friend, Ahmed, he makes a decision that will plunge them all into chaos.
  
  On the other side of town, Ola and Souraya, fresh off their first-class flight from Kuala Lumpur, are getting ready for their own nights of pleasure, unaware that everything is about to go awry. Pulled into a whirlwind descent through the city''s corrupt and glittering underworld, they''re all looking for a way out, fueled by a desperate need to escape the threat that looms over them. Lire la suite Fermer

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