The Death of Vivek Oji
- Author Akwaeke Emezi
- Narrator Iwuji Chukwudi, Yetide Badaki
- Publisher Faber & Faber
- Run Time 7 hours and 39 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Modern and contemporary fiction.
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What to expect
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.
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