The Fishermen

by Chigozie Obioma

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 MAN BOOKER PRIZE
Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award
Winner of the FT/OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Award
Longlisted for the Etisalat Prize for Literature

In a small town in western Nigeria, four young brothers - the youngest is nine, the oldest fifteen - use their strict father's absence from home to go fishing at a forbidden local river. They encounter a dangerous local madman who predicts that the oldest brother will be killed by another. This prophesy breaks their strong bond and unleashes a tragic chain of events of almost mythic proportions.

Passionate and bold, The Fishermen is a breathtakingly beautiful novel firmly rooted in the best of African storytelling. With this powerful debut, Chigozie Obioma emerges as one of the most original new voices of modern African literature.

  • ISBN10 0957548850
  • ISBN13 9780957548855
  • Publish Date 26 February 2015
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 30 April 2024
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Pushkin Press
  • Imprint ONE
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 304
  • Language English