num_pages: 154
description: A Forest of Flowers is a collection of nineteen short stories which explore the absurdity of life for characters whose ambitions, modest as they are, are constantly thwarted by disgruntled spirits—in the form of idle and corrupt officials, adulterous spouses, envious relatives and grasping, untrustworthy entrepreneurs. Through a series of episodes, seemingly parochial and small scale, a nation is shown cracking up under the pressures of maladministration, corporate greed, sloth, ignorance and mercenary self-interest, while its people struggle against government neglect and abuse, racketeering, poverty, disease, superstition and ethnic mistrust.
language: English
title: A Forest of Flowers
titlecomplete: A Forest of Flowers
genres: Africa, Short Stories, Nigeria
ratings_count: 62
places: Nigeria
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book in Africa
publisher: Longman