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170 sidor 22 cm |
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Novel |
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Glossary now available online at: http://iboughtthebird.wordpress.com |
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Originally published: London : Jonathan Cape, 2009 |
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"Shortlisted for the 2010 Commonwealth Prize"--Cover |
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"At the beginning of award-winning Ghanaian writer Parkes's debut novel, life in the quiet village of Sonokrom is disrupted by a minister's girlfriend in a short skirt "whose eyes would not lie still." Arriving by car, she follows a stench -- and a hunch -- into the abandoned hut of a man named Kofi Atta, and the narrator of these early pages, hunter Opanyin Poku, follows. So many maggots swarm the remains; "the hut was filled with their buzzing." The case draws the attention of a power-hungry inspector who forces Kayo, a talented young forensic pathologist, into service, pairing him with the able Constable Garba. Kayo is able to gain the confidence of a local medicine man so that he can collect research samples while still respecting traditions. He's alarmed by oddities related to the case, like a blue bird feather that appears when the remains are burned. But the inspector isn't interested in oddities; he wants a "CSI-style report." A beguiling exploration of the power of storytelling -- ancient stories and humble, modern and official. "On this earth," Kayo learns, "we have to choose the story we tell, because it affects ... how we live." "--Publishers weekly |
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Byar
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Ockultism
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Villages -- Ghana -- Fiction
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Forensic pathologists -- Fiction
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Occultism -- Investigation -- Ghana -- Fiction
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Forensic pathologists.
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Villages.
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Occultism -- Investigation.
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Ghana
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Ghana.
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Romaner
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Skönlitteratur
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Fiction.
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| Classmark |
823/.92
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| ISBN/ISSN |
9780981858432 Häftad |
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0981858430 (pbk.) |
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