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Beasts of No Nation: A Novel by Uzodinma Iweala

Beasts of No Nation: A Novel Uzodinma Iweala ebook
ISBN: 0060798688, 9780061466717
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Page: 156
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Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala. New Fiction, Mysteries, Non-fiction, Romance, Bestsellers, Reader's Club: Celebrity Reviews. Uzodinma Iweala reads from his critically acclaimed debut novel Beasts of No Nation, which tells the story of Agu, a child soldier fighting in a civil war in an unnamed west African country. Posted May 24, 2006 at 10:52AM. Our Kind of People by Uzodinma Iweala: In 2007, Uzodinma Iweala made Granta's list of the 20 Best Young American Novelists for his debut novel, Beasts of No Nation. I think I might read Beasts of No Nation, and I wanted to know if you liked it? Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, CMLibrary, The Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County: Reader's Club: your guide to enjoyable reading. 21 - Uzodinma Iweala's brutal debut novel, "Beasts of No Nation," is filled with the stink of violence. 2005 Uzodinma Iweala stunned readers and critics alike with Beasts of No Nation, his debut novel about child soldiers in West Africa. I found Uzodinma Iweala's Beasts of No Nation particularly compelling in his use of language. We were there to present a united front, to tell Scott in no uncertain terms that he must attend school and must do there whatever he was told by his teachers to do. In the documentary "God Grew Tired of Us" (about the so-called Lost Boys of Sudan), which played at the Malco Ridgeway Four in 2007, and in Uzodinma Iweala's 2005 novel "Beasts of No Nation," to cite just two examples. From The New York Times: Iwea184 POTOMAC, Md., Nov. Beasts of No Nation is the first book by Uzodinma Iweala, a 23 year-old Nigerian born in America and raised in Washington, DC, England, and Nigeria. This debut novel's unique voice compellingly tells the story of young African boy pressed into soldierhood in a civil war. Young and Privileged, but Writing Vividly of Africa's Child Soldiers. Peace!684 said: I have a question for FORGOTTENDREAMR. Our young protagonist, Agu, Iweala's novel, however, aims to distance the reader from the character. For a book of less than 150 pages, Beasts of No Nation really packs quite a punch, yet it is a very simply told story.