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A. Igoni Barrett

Autor(a) de Blackass

4+ Works 315 Membros 8 Críticas

About the Author

Obras por A. Igoni Barrett

Associated Works

Africa39: New Writing from Africa South of the Sahara (2014) — Contribuidor — 65 exemplares
Lagos Noir (2018) — Contribuidor — 55 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1979-03-26
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
Nigeria
País (no mapa)
Nigeria
Local de nascimento
Nigeria

Membros

Críticas

A very good novel. I wasn’t sure about the last third, I suppose it was simply a finalization of the metamorphosis. Perhaps it closely hues to Kafka’s I can't remember how that ends...
 
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BookyMaven | 6 outras críticas | Dec 6, 2023 |
fiction (Kafka's metamorphosis translated to modern Nigeria)
 
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reader1009 | 6 outras críticas | Jul 3, 2021 |
A black Nigerian wakes up to find he has turned into a redheaded, green-eyed white man. He flees into the streets of Lagos and faces a new world of privilege and prejudice. The premise and satirical potential were excellent but execution fell short. The female characters were pretty one-dimensional (i.e., sexist depictions) and Furo had a *criminally* uninteresting internal life given his circumstances. Igoni’s parallel sexual transformation also came out of nowhere (I had to read back I was so confused). But the pidgin and side characters made me miss Lagos.… (mais)
 
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jiyoungh | 6 outras críticas | May 3, 2021 |
I agree with some of the other Goodreads reviewers -- great premise, skillfull writing, wonderful evocation of Lagos and Nigerian culture -- then a pretty dramatic stall. I was reminded of Jose Saramago's [b:Blindness|2526|Blindness|José Saramago|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1327866409s/2526.jpg|3213039], which has a similar mechanism -- start with a singular, strange event that changes everything then see what happens. Saramago goes deeper and deeper, surprising us with every new twist. ut Barrett seems to stall on a pretty predictable revelation of white privilege. That's fine and rings true -- but then what? What new aspect of race relations or Nigerian culture or Furo's family does the story reveal? Barrett doesn't seem to have that much to say other than the obvious. Also, I didn't get a deeper sense of Furo's humanity -- he seemed a vehicle to explore a racism we (should) already know about.… (mais)
 
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MaximusStripus | 6 outras críticas | Jul 7, 2020 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
4
Also by
2
Membros
315
Popularidade
#74,965
Avaliação
½ 3.3
Críticas
8
ISBN
18
Línguas
2

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