How beautiful we were : a novel / Imbolo Mbue.
"'We should have known the end was near.' So begins Imbolo Mbue's exquisite and devastating novel 'How Beautiful We Were.' Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, it tells the story of a people living in fear amidst environmental degradation wrought by a large and powerful American oil company. Pipeline spills have rendered farmlands infertile. Children are dying from drinking toxic water. Promises of clean up and financial reparations to the villagers are made--and ignored. The country's government, led by a corrupt, brazen dictator, exists to serve its own interest. Left with few choices, the people of Kosawa decide to fight the American corporation. Doing so will come at a steep price. Told through multiple perspectives and centered around a fierce young girl named Thula who grows up to become a revolutionary, Joy of the Oppressed is a masterful exploration of what happens when the reckless drive for profit, coupled with the ghosts of colonialism, comes up against one village's quest for justice--and a young woman's willingness to sacrifice everything for the sake of her people's freedom"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593132425
- ISBN: 0593132424
- Physical Description: 364 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Random House, ©2021.
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Subject: | Villages > Africa > Fiction. Oil spills > Fiction. Environmental degradation > Fiction. Corporations > Corrupt practices > Fiction. Africa > Fiction. |
Genre: | Novels. |
Available copies
- 5 of 5 copies available at Lehigh Carbon Library Cooperative.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 5 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Emmaus Public Library | FIC MBUE, IMBOLO (Text) | 36446002033457 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Lower Macungie Library | FIC MBU (Text) | 33400001510794 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Palmerton Area Library | F M45 (Text) | 65000000036204 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Parkland Community Library | F MBU (Text) | 34422007215201 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Southern Lehigh Public Library | FIC MBU (Text)
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This item was purchased in honor of Heather Simoneau for her donation to the Southern Lehigh Public Library Helping Hands Campaign 2020-2021.
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30044100848649 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |