Radiance of tomorrow : a novel / Ishmael Beah.
"A haunting, beautiful first novel by the bestselling author of A Long Way Gone When Ishmael Beah's A Long Way Gone was published in 2007, it soared to the top of bestseller lists, becoming an instant classic: a harrowing account of Sierra Leone's civil war and the fate of child soldiers that "everyone in the world should read" (The Washington Post). Now Beah, whom Dave Eggers has called "arguably the most read African writer in contemporary literature," has returned with his first novel, an affecting, tender parable about postwar life in Sierra Leone. At the center of Radiance of Tomorrow are Benjamin and Bockarie, two longtime friends who return to their hometown, Imperi, after the civil war. The village is in ruins, the ground covered in bones. As more villagers begin to come back, Benjamin and Bockarie try to forge a new community by taking up their former posts as teachers, but they're beset by obstacles: a scarcity of food; a rash of murders, thievery, rape, and retaliation
"In the aftermath of the war in Sierra Leone, a village comes together to regain the beauty of life as it was in the past"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780374246020
- ISBN: 0374246025
- Physical Description: 242 pages cm
- Publisher: New York : Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
Content descriptions
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.6 13 165355. |
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Subject: | Villages > Sierra Leone > Fiction. Sierra Leone > History > Civil War, 1991-2002 > Fiction. |
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- 6 of 6 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
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Brookfield Public Library | FIC BEA (Text) | 32512909315786 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Carthage Public Library | FIC Beah, Ishmael (Text) | 34MO200177824+ | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Marshall Public Library | GF BEA (Text) | 33391000182654 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Mississippi County - Clara Drinkwater Newnam Library | F BEA (Text) | 38530100568718 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Rolla Public Library | FIC BEA (Text) | 38256101733800 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
St. Joseph - Downtown Library | F BEA (Text) | 32002003289558 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |