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Freshwater

Akwaeke Emezi

20181 pagesabout 5–10 minutes
2018
first published
  • 2018Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated · 240 pages · ENGISBN 9780802128997
  • 2018Kachifo Limited · 252 pages · ENGISBN 9789785559712
  • 2021consomniISBN 9788416205783
  • 2018HighBridge AudioISBN 9781684410408
  • 2018HighBridge AudioISBN 9781665139670
  • 2018Grove Press · 240 pages · ENGISBN 9780802127358
  • 2018Grove Press · 240 pagesISBN 9780802165565
  • 2021Highbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing · 1 pagesISBN 9781665139694

Both a recounting of trauma and its impacts, as well as a retelling of a Nigerian fable. The main character's multiple experiences of trauma are retold and the author unflinchingly explores how they are impacted (e.g., self-harm, dissociation). The character's psychology is viewed through a non-Western lens.

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