WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2020
___________________________________ 'A singular achievement.'
Michael Donkor, Guardian 'Heartbreaking, important and original.'
Christie Watson, author of THE LANGUAGE OF KINDNESS 'Derek Owusu's
writing is honest, moving, delicate, but tough. Once you lock on to
his words, it is hard to break eye contact. A beautiful meditation
on childhood, coming of age, the now, and the media. This work is
heartfelt.' Benjamin Zephaniah 'Honest and beautiful.' Guy
Gunaratne, author of IN OUR MAD AND FURIOUS CITY 'When writing is
this honest, it soars. What an incredible use of language and
truth.' Yrsa Daley-Ward ___________________________________ Anansi,
your four gifts raised to nyame granted you no power over the
stories I tell... This is the story of K. K is sent into care
before a year marks his birth. He grows up in fields and woods, and
he is happy, he thinks. When K is eleven, the city reclaims him. He
returns to an unknown mother and a part-time father, trading the
fields for flats and a community that is alien to him. Slowly, he
finds friends. Eventually, he finds love. He learns how to navigate
the city. But as he grows, he begins to realise that he needs more
than the city can provide. He is a man made of pieces. Pieces that
are slowly breaking apart That Reminds Me is the story of one young
man, from birth to adulthood, told in fragments of memory. It
explores questions of identity, belonging, addiction, sexuality,
violence, family and religion. It is a deeply moving and completely
original work of literature from one of the brightest British
writers of today.
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