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005			20200821113920.0
008			191127s2019 nyua 000 1 eng d
010			_a 2019457524
020			_a9780316412407
020			_a0316412406
035			_a(OCoLC)1085635750
040			_aYDX _beng _erda _cDLC _dWEX _dCPL _dVMI _dOCLCF _dUTW _dYDX _dOCLCO _dMiTN
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050	0	0	_aPR9387.9. O2756 _bO73 2019c
100	1		_aObioma, Chigozie, _d1986-
245	1	3	_aAn orchestra of minorities : _ba novel / _cChigozie Obioma.
250			_aFirst Back Bay trade paperback edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bBack Bay Books, _c2019.
300			_a448 pages : _billustrations ; _c21 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
520			_aSet on the outskirts of Umuahia, Nigeria, and narrated by a chi, or guardian spirit, An Orchestra of Minorities tells the story of Chinonso, a young poultry farmer whose soul is ignited when one night he sees a woman attempting to jump from a highway bridge. Horrified by her recklessness, Chinonso joins her on the roadside and hurls two of his prized chickens into the water below to express the severity of such a fall. The woman, Ndali, is stopped in her tracks. Bonded by this incident on the bridge, Chinonso and Ndali fall in love. But Ndali is from a wealthy family and struggles to imagine a future near a chicken coop. When her family objects to the union because Chinonso is uneducated, he sells most of his possessions to attend college in Cyprus. But when he arrives, he discovers that there is no place a the school for him and that he has been utterly duped by the young Nigerian who made the arrangements. Penniless, homeless, and furious at a world that continues to relegate him to the sidelines, Chinonso gets further away from his dream, from Ndali, and from the farm he called home. Spanning continents, traversing the earth and cosmic spaces, and told by a narrator who has lived for hundreds of years, this novel is a contemporary twist on Homer's Odyssey. Writing in the mythic style of the Igbo literary tradition, Chigozie Obioma weaves a heart-wrenching epic about destiny and determination. -- Back cover.
650		0	_aFarmers _vFiction.
650		0	_aMan-woman relationships _vFiction.
650		0	_aBetrayal _vFiction.
650		0	_aSocial classes _vFiction.
651		0	_aNigeria _vFiction.
655		7	_aMagic realist fiction. _2lcgft.
655		7	_aRomance fiction. _2lcgft.
655		7	_aBildungsromans. _2lcgft.
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