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Who Fears Death (Paperback)
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Who Fears Death (Paperback)
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Loot Price R409
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Now optioned as a TV series for HBO, with executive producer George
R. R. Martin! An award-winning literary author enters the world of
magical realism with her World Fantasy Award-winning novel of a
remarkable woman in post-apocalyptic Africa. In a post-apocalyptic
Africa, the world has changed in many ways; yet in one region
genocide between tribes still bloodies the land. A woman who has
survived the annihilation of her village and a terrible rape by an
enemy general wanders into the desert, hoping to die. Instead, she
gives birth to an angry baby girl with hair and skin the color of
sand. Gripped by the certainty that her daughter is
different-special-she names her Onyesonwu, which means "Who fears
death?" in an ancient language. It doesn't take long for Onye to
understand that she is physically and socially marked by the
circumstances of her conception. She is Ewu-a child of rape who is
expected to live a life of violence, a half-breed rejected by her
community. But Onye is not the average Ewu. Even as a child, she
manifests the beginnings of a remarkable and unique magic. As she
grows, so do her abilities, and during an inadvertent visit to the
spirit realm, she learns something terrifying: someone powerful is
trying to kill her. Desperate to elude her would-be murderer and to
understand her own nature, she embarks on a journey in which she
grapples with nature, tradition, history, true love, and the
spiritual mysteries of her culture, and ultimately learns why she
was given the name she bears: Who Fears Death.
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