Under the udala trees / Chinelo Okparanta.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Okparanta, Chinelo, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• History.
• Lesbians.
• Nigeria--Fiction.
• Nigeria.
• Girls--Nigeria--Fiction.
• Lesbians--Nigeria--Fiction.
• Nigeria--History--Civil War, 1967-1970--Fiction.
• Nigeria--Civil War, 1967-1970--History.
• Girls.

Genre:

• Fiction.
• Political fiction.
• Lesbian fiction.
• Romance fiction.
• History.
• Bildungsromans.

Physical Description:

328 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.

Summary:

• Ijeoma, a young Nigerian girl displaced during their civil war, begins a powerful love affair with another refugee girl from a different ethnic community. When the pair are discovered, she must learn the cost of living a lie amidst taboos and prejudices. Even as her nation contends with and recovers from the effects of war and division, Ijeoma seeks a glimmer of hope for a future where a woman might just be able to shape her life around truth and love.
• A young Nigerian girl, displaced during their civil war, begins a powerful love affair with another refugee girl from a different ethnic community until the pair are discovered and must learn the cost of living a lie amidst taboos and prejudices.

Notes:

Lambda Literary Awards - Lesbian Fiction, Winner, 2016

Other Format:

Online version: Okparanta, Chinelo. Under the udala trees.

ISBN:

• 9780544003446
• 0544003446
• 9781847088369
• 1847088368

OCLC:

897946305

Publisher Number:

40025241946