Voice of America
By: E.C. Osondu
Publisher: Granta
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9781847081780
Copyright date: 2010
Subjects: Fiction; Social conditions; Relations; International relations
Description: These are stories of Nigeria and of America, and of the frayed bonds that connect the two. Hostages are taken from an American expat bar. Attempts are made to get visas, and those who have succeeded return covered in wealth or in ignominy.
Table of contents: title: Waiting; title: Bar beach show; title: Our first American; title: Jimmy Carter's eyes; title: A letter from home; title: Janjaweed wife; title: Going back west; title: The men they married; title: Nigerians in America; title: I will lend you my wife; title: Miracle baby; title: Stars in my mother's eyes, stripes on my back; title: A simple case; title: Welcome to America; title: Teeth; title: An incident at Pat's Bar; title: Pilgrimage; title: Voice of America.