num_pages: 256
description: A haunting beautiful first novel by the bestselling author of A Long Way GoneWhen Ishmael Beahs 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 Leones 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 theyre beset by obstacles: a scarcity of food; a rash of murders thievery rape and retaliation; and the depredations of a foreign mining company intent on sullying the towns water supply and blocking its paths with electric wires. As Benjamin and Bockarie search for a way to restore order theyre forced to reckon with the uncertainty of their past and future alike.With the gentle lyricism of a dream and the moral clarity of a fable Radiance of Tomorrow is a powerful novel about preserving what means the most to us even in uncertain times.
language: English
title: Radiance of Tomorrow
publisher: Sarah Crichton Books