{"product_id":"the-death-of-vivek-ojibooks","title":"The Death of Vivek Oji","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Astonishing.'\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Electrifying.'\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Brilliant and heartbreaking.'\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Propulsive and resonant.'\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThey burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Death of Vivek Oji\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTeeming 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat readers are saying:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'The book is so beautifully written and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI've never read anything like it ever before\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'This is a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003egorgeously written\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003estory of identity, sexuality, love, grief, friendship, and the need to live the life you want, even in a country where doing so might be deadly . . . This was emotional, beautiful, and so poignant, and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etheir storytelling took my breath away\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'This book is both so \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ejoyful\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and so \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003edevastating\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'The way Emezi made me care so deeply about these characters was just incredible, so that when the whole truth of Vivek's death was revealed I felt so personally affected by it. This book is about so many things all at once . . . The writing is so simple yet \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebeautifully emotive\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. And I cried.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'FIVE HUGE STARS . . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Death of Vivek Oji\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003epoignant\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003etantalizing\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003enovel that wraps you up in its web of characters and feeds on you with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ecarnivorous force\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, all while softening your heart and mind to a world outside of the normal social constraints we have been conditioned to.'\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Emezi, Akwaeke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":43876481990880,"sku":"","price":13.8,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/71xTU3R0XvS._UF1000_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1784899453","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/the-death-of-vivek-ojibooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}