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I Saw the Sky Catch Fire
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
E P Dutton
Publication date
January 1, 1992
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780525933984
ISBN-10
0525933980
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$20.00
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
As young Ajuzia prepares to leave for America, his grandmother, Nne-nne, recreates the history of their country, Nigeria, through a series of powerful tales, tales he will fully understand only when he returns
Amazon.com description: Product Description: The day before Ajuzia leaves for America, his grandmother spins a skein of tales, weaving a colorful, bawdy, powerfully evocative tapestry of Nigerian life.Wonderfully specific in its sense of place and the all-too-human people who inhabit it, I Saw the Sky Catch Fire captures a world of myth, magic, and gods in a novel which is as broad as it is deep.
Editions
Hardcover
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from E P Dutton (January 1, 1992)
9780525933984 | details & prices | List price $20.00
About: As young Ajuzia prepares to leave for America, his grandmother, Nne-nne, recreates the history of their country, Nigeria, through a series of powerful tales, tales he will fully understand only when he returns
About: As young Ajuzia prepares to leave for America, his grandmother, Nne-nne, recreates the history of their country, Nigeria, through a series of powerful tales, tales he will fully understand only when he returns
Paperback
Reprint edition from Plume (February 1, 1993)
9780452269491 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $12.95
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