As their relationship deepens?and Osita struggles to.
But Vivek?s closest bond is with Osita, the worldly, high-spirited cousin whose teasing confidence masks a guarded private life. As adolescence gives way to adulthood, Vivek finds solace in friendships with the warm, boisterous daughters of the Nigerwives, foreign-born women married to Nigerian men. Akwaeke Emezi is an artist and writer based in liminal spaces. Raised by a distant father and an understanding but overprotective mother, Vivek suffers disorienting blackouts, moments of disconnection between self and surroundings. What follows is the tumultuous, heart-wrenching story of one family?s struggle to understand a child whose spirit is both gentle and mysterious. 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.
2 It is Emezis second adult novel after Freshwater and the book received critical attention and was an instant New York Times best seller. 1 2 It was published on 4 August 2020 by Riverhead books, it narrates the life of Vivek Oji until his death. Named one of the year?s most anticipated books by The New York Times, Harper?s Bazaar, BuzzFeed, and moreWhat does it mean for a family to lose a child they never really knew?One afternoon, in a town in southeastern Nigeria, a mother opens her front door to discover her son?s body, wrapped in colorful fabric, at her feet. The Death of Vivek Oji transports us to the day of Vivek’s birth, the day his grandmother Ahunna died. The Death of Vivek Oji is a 2020 fiction novel by Nigerian author Akwaeke Emezi.
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