{"product_id":"walking-on-cowrie-shells-stories","title":"Walking on Cowrie Shells: Stories","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eWalking on Cowrie Shells: Stories\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eNana Nkweti\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781644450543\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eGraywolf Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2021\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"boisterous and high-spirited debut\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e starred review)\"that enthralls the reader through their every twist and turn\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e starred review), named one of the Most Anticipated Books for Brittle Paper, The Millions, and The Rumpus, penned by a finalist for the AKO Caine Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her powerful, genre-bending debut story collection, Nana Nkweti's virtuosity is on full display as she mixes deft realism with clever inversions of genre. In the Caine Prize finalist story \"It Takes a Village, Some Say,\" Nkweti skewers racial prejudice and the practice of international adoption, delivering a sly tale about a teenage girl who leverages her adoptive parents to fast-track her fortunes. In \"The Devil Is a Liar,\" a pregnant pastor's wife struggles with the collision of western Christianity and her mother's traditional Cameroonian belief system as she worries about her unborn child. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn other stories, Nkweti vaults past realism, upending genre expectations in a satirical romp about a jaded PR professional trying to spin a zombie outbreak in West Africa, and in a mermaid tale about a Mami Wata who forgoes her power by remaining faithful to a fisherman she loves. In between these two ends of the spectrum there's everything from an aspiring graphic novelist at a comic con to a murder investigation driven by statistics to a story organized by the changing hairstyles of the main character. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePulling from mystery, horror, realism, myth, and graphic novels, Nkweti showcases the complexity and vibrance of characters whose lives span Cameroonian and American cultures. A dazzling, inventive debut, \u003ci\u003eWalking on Cowrie Shells \u003c\/i\u003eannounces the arrival of a superlative new voice.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Walking on Cowrie Shells: Stories | Nana Nkweti | Paperback | 9781644450543 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1610260","offer_id":48319369183384,"sku":"1610260","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81rl3u4xmuL.jpg?v=1773173594","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/walking-on-cowrie-shells-stories","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}