Butterfly Fish by Irenosen Okojie
A fragile outsider living in London, Joy struggles to pull the threads of her life back together after her mother's sudden death. As family secrets come to light, she unearths the ties between her mother, grandfather, the wife of the king, a fearsome warrior, and a brass head's pivotal connection to them all.Her West African heritage is richly spun into her novel Butterfly Fish... The tale is peppered with moments of magical surrealism: a glass bottle shattering on a South London street to release two tiny scurrying figures into the night; a butterfly fish bursts into a local pool and belches a portentous brass key... The lyrical prose brings poignancy to the familiar London landscape. * Samuel Fishwick, Evening Standard *
Vital, vivid, witty, truthful... * Maggie Gee, The Observer *
Butterfly Fish is a novel of epic proportions... From sentence to sentence, Okojie conjures up acutely observed, beautifully-worded metaphors that resonate and delight... I fully expect to see Butterfly Fish on many an award nomination list. It is a fascinating read, and one I highly recommend. * Yvette Edwards (author of A Cupboard Full of Coats, longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and The Mother), Words of Colour *
Her West African heritage is richly spun into her novel Butterfly Fish... The tale is peppered with moments of magical surrealism: a glass bottle shattering on a South London street to release two tiny scurrying figures into the night; a butterfly fish bursts into a local pool and belches a portentous brass key... The lyrical prose brings poignancy to the familiar London landscape. * Samuel Fishwick, Evening Standard *
Vital, vivid, witty, truthful... * Maggie Gee, The Observer *
Irenosen Okojie is a British-Nigerian writer and Arts Project Manager. Her debut novel Butterfly Fish won a Betty Trask award and was shortlisted for an Edinburgh International First Book Award. Her short story collection Speak Gigantular was Shortlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story prize, the Saboteur Awards, the Shirley Jackson Award and the Jhalak Prize.
Irenosen's work has been featured in the Observer, the Guardian, the BBC and the Huffington Post amongst other publications. Her short stories have been published internationally and she was presented at the London Short Story Festival by Ben Okri as a dynamic writing talent to watch. In 2016 Irenosen was featured in the Evening Standard Magazine as one of London's exciting new authors. She currently lives in East London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781909762312 |
| ISBN 10 | 1909762318 |
| Title | Butterfly Fish |
| Author | Irenosen Okojie |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd |
| Year published | 2016-06-13 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Prizes | Winner of a Betty Trask Award 2016 |
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