Measuring time
Subtitle: a novel
By: Helon Habila
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
ISBN-13: 9780393052510
Subjects: Roman; Twins; Historians; Soldiers; Fathers and sons; Fiction
Description: Twin brothers growing up in the tiny Nigerian village of Keti, where their lives are dominated by their controlling father, Mamo and LaMamo are separated when LaMamo escapes to pursue his dream of becoming a soldier, but when religious zealots incite the people to violence, he returns home to battle the enemy and to be reunited with his brother, now a renowned historian.