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008			131022s2014 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a 2013036856
020			_a9780374246020 (hardback)
020			_z9780374709433 (ebook)
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050	0	0	_aPS3602.E2417 _bR33 2014
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084			_aFIC019000 _aFIC051000 _2bisacsh
100	1		_aBeah, Ishmael, _d1980-
245	1	0	_aRadiance of tomorrow / _cIshmael Beah.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bSarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, _c2014.
300			_aix, 242 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
520			_a"A haunting, beautiful first novel by the bestselling author of A Long Way Gone When Ishmael Beah's A Long Way Gone was published in 2007, it soared to the top of bestseller lists, becoming an instant classic: a harrowing account of Sierra Leone's civil war and the fate of child soldiers that "everyone in the world should read" (The Washington Post). Now Beah, whom Dave Eggers has called "arguably the most read African writer in contemporary literature," has returned with his first novel, an affecting, tender parable about postwar life in Sierra Leone. At the center of Radiance of Tomorrow are Benjamin and Bockarie, two longtime friends who return to their hometown, Imperi, after the civil war. The village is in ruins, the ground covered in bones. As more villagers begin to come back, Benjamin and Bockarie try to forge a new community by taking up their former posts as teachers, but they're beset by obstacles: a scarcity of food; a rash of murders, thievery, rape, and retaliation; and the depredations of a foreign mining company intent on sullying the town's water supply and blocking its paths with electric wires. As Benjamin and Bockarie search for a way to restore order, they're forced to reckon with the uncertainty of their past and future alike. With the gentle lyricism of a dream and the moral clarity of a fable, Radiance of Tomorrow is a powerful novel about preserving what means the most to us, even in uncertain times"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"In the aftermath of the war in Sierra Leone, a village comes together to regain the beauty of life as it was in the past"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aVillages _zSierra Leone _vFiction.
650		7	_aFICTION / Literary. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aFICTION / Cultural Heritage. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aVillages _vFiction. _2sears
651		0	_aSierra Leone _xHistory _yCivil War, 1991-2002 _vFiction.
651		7	_aSierra Leone _xHistory _yCivil War, 1991-2002 _vFiction. _2sears
856	4	2	_3Cover image _uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/020/9780374246020/image/lgcover.9780374246020.jpg
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