Beasts of no nation : a novel / Uzodinma Iweala.
By: Iweala, Uzodinma [author.].
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TextPublisher: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c2005Edition: 1st ed.Description: 142 p. ; 19 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780062420114.Subject(s): Child soldiers -- Fiction | Africa -- FictionGenre/Form: War stories. | Fiction.DDC classification: FIC UZO Other classification: 18.06 Summary: This movie-tie in edition of the acclaimed debut novel by Uzodinma Iweala tells the unforgettable story of the life of a child soldier in a war-torn African country.
In this stunning debut novel, Agu, a young boy in an unnamed West African nation, is recruited into a unit of guerrilla fighters as civil war engulfs his country. Haunted by his father's own death at the hands of militants, Agu is vulnerable to the dangerous yet paternal nature of his new commander. While the war rages on, Agu becomes increasingly divorced from the life he had known before the conflict started—a life of school friends, church services, and time with his family still intact.
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| FIC TOW Wundersmith : | FIC TOW Nevermood : | FIC URE Secret Meeting / | FIC UZO Beasts of no nation : | FIC VAU Friendroid / | FIC VEN A time to dance / | FIC VER Journey to the centre of the Earth / |
This movie-tie in edition of the acclaimed debut novel by Uzodinma Iweala tells the unforgettable story of the life of a child soldier in a war-torn African country.
In this stunning debut novel, Agu, a young boy in an unnamed West African nation, is recruited into a unit of guerrilla fighters as civil war engulfs his country. Haunted by his father's own death at the hands of militants, Agu is vulnerable to the dangerous yet paternal nature of his new commander. While the war rages on, Agu becomes increasingly divorced from the life he had known before the conflict started—a life of school friends, church services, and time with his family still intact.
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