A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa
Autor Alexis Okeowoen Limba Engleză CD-Audio – 31 oct 2017
WINNER
OF
THE
2018
PEN
OPEN
BOOK
AWARD
"A
rich
and
urgently
necessary
book"(New
York
Times
Book
Review),A
Moonless,
Starless
Skyis
a
masterful,
humane
work
of
journalism
by
Alexis
Okeowo--a
vivid
narrative
of
Africans
who
are
courageously
resisting
their
continent's
wave
of
fundamentalism.InA Moonless, Starless SkyOkeowo weaves together four narratives that form a powerful tapestry of modern Africa: a young couple, kidnap victims of Joseph Kony's LRA; a Mauritanian waging a lonely campaign against modern-day slavery; a women's basketball team flourishing amid war-torn Somalia; and a vigilante who takes up arms against the extremist group Boko Haram. This debut book by one of America's most acclaimed young journalists illuminates the inner lives of ordinary people doing the extraordinary--lives that are too often hidden, underreported, or ignored by the rest of the world.
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ISBN-13: 9781478997023
ISBN-10: 1478997028
Dimensiuni: 147 x 142 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: HACHETTE BOOKS
ISBN-10: 1478997028
Dimensiuni: 147 x 142 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: HACHETTE BOOKS
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In the tradition of Behind the Beautiful Forevers, this is a masterful, humane work of literary journalism by New Yorker staff writer Alexis Okeowo - a vivid narrative of Africans who are courageously resisting their continent's wave of fundamentalism.
In the tradition of Behind the Beautiful Forevers, this is a masterful, humane work of literary journalism by New Yorker staff writer Alexis Okeowo - a vivid narrative of Africans who are courageously resisting their continent's wave of fundamentalism.
Notă biografică
Alexis
Okeowois
a
staff
writer
for
theNew
Yorkerand
a
fellow
at
New
America.
Her
work
has
appeared
in
theNew
Yorker,
theNew
York
Times
Magazine,
theFinancial
Times,Time,
andFortune,
among
many
other
publications.
The
daughter
of
immigrant
parents,
Okeowo
grew
up
in
Alabama
and
attended
Princeton
University.
She
was
based
in
Lagos,
Nigeria,
from
2012
to
2015,
and
now
lives
in
Brooklyn.
Recenzii
"Finally,
finally,finally--a
humane,
skillful
storyteller
with
sound
reporting
instincts
hasdug
into
the
middle
of
the
stories
we
think
we've
already
heard
out
of
Africa.Alexis
Okeowo
can
write
prose
as
arresting
as
Ryszard
Kapuscinski's,
she's
gotKatherine
Boo's
big
heart,
but
she
has
her
own
fresh
way
of
approaching
thework,
one
that
is
terribly
overdue.
Absolutely
essential
reading,
period."—Alexandra
Fuller,
New
York
Times
bestselling
author
of
Don't
Let's
Go
to
the
Dogs
Tonight
and
Quiet
Until
the
Thaw
"From anabolitionist who once owned a slave to women basketball players in a war zone,Alexis Okeowo has an alert and thoughtful eye for the unexpected. The portraitsand voices she brings us from Africa are so vivid that the reader can easilyforget the determination and bravery it must have taken to gather them in theseunhappy corners of the continent."—Adam Hochschild,New York Timesbestselling author ofKing Leopold's GhostandSpain in Our Hearts
"InA Moonless,Starless Sky, Alexis Okeowo has wandered as a reporter into some ofAfrica's most difficult and dangerous corners and delivered somethingremarkable: real characters, women and men, fully rendered."—Howard W. French, author of Everything Under the Heavens
"Spectacular reporting.Full of fresh, unexpected detail. If you want to get an immediate sense of thelives, both quotidian and extraordinary, of Africans in some of the continent'smost troubled countries, read Alexis Okeowo's book."—William Finnegan, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Barbarian Days
"Remarkable.... Okeowo writes with beauty and grace....Refreshingly, she does not give in to easy answers.... Clear-eyed, lyrical,observant, and compassionate--reportage at its finest."—Kirkus (starred review)
"Alexis Okeowo hasgone to the hardest continent and come away with a series of tales about thefight against fanaticism and despair. The result is a deeply sensitive portraitof modern Africa and a microscope on the human condition in the most difficult circumstances."—Dexter Filkins, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Forever War
"Alexis Okeowo'sstartling and brilliant account of fierce horrors and tender hopes is one ofthe best records I have ever read of a world that has been made and remade timeand again out of struggle and faith. Okeowo is just the kind of reporter weneed to hear from when it comes to Africa, the 'new' old world: truthful,accurate, deep."—Hilton Als, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of White Girls
"Evocative and affecting.... Okeowo's in-depth,perceptive reporting gives a voice to ... extraordinarily courageous--andresilient--women and men."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"A Moonless, Starless Skyis a captivating look at the on-the-ground effects ofextremist groups and the people who live their lives in spite of them."—Booklist
"Okeowo's compelling prose is lean butempathetic, reportorial and personal both in an individual and cultural sense;her own status as a biological African born in America who straddles twocontinents and two sensibilities--at minimum--infuses this work with a realurgency.... Okeowo's message to readers, and the lesson she unsentimentallygleans for herself, is that even under a forbidding sky--one without theradiance of moon or stars-there is always enough light to navigate out of thedarkness toward a better world."—Ms. Magazine
"Through four distinct stories, she shares the stories ofcitizens as they resist groups like Lord's Resistance Army and Boko Haram,while also attempting to bravely move forward with their personal lives. Thereporting is expert and empathetic, and Okeowo illuminates the people beyondthe headlines."—W magazine
"AlexisOkeowo humanizes the lives behind the headlines, transforming oftenone-dimensional news stories from the African continent into narratives ofendurance and survival.... These are narratives of everyday people confrontingunimaginable challenges where one's very existence becomes an act ofresistance. Okeowo's reporting demonstrates the multiplicity of humanresilience and regeneration in impossible times. In a time when our own leadersconflate poverty with personal character, we can think of no more importantbook. The individuals showcased inA Moonless, Starless Skyare among the best andbrightest anywhere in the world."—Prize citation for the 2018 PEN Open Book Award
"From anabolitionist who once owned a slave to women basketball players in a war zone,Alexis Okeowo has an alert and thoughtful eye for the unexpected. The portraitsand voices she brings us from Africa are so vivid that the reader can easilyforget the determination and bravery it must have taken to gather them in theseunhappy corners of the continent."—Adam Hochschild,New York Timesbestselling author ofKing Leopold's GhostandSpain in Our Hearts
"InA Moonless,Starless Sky, Alexis Okeowo has wandered as a reporter into some ofAfrica's most difficult and dangerous corners and delivered somethingremarkable: real characters, women and men, fully rendered."—Howard W. French, author of Everything Under the Heavens
"Spectacular reporting.Full of fresh, unexpected detail. If you want to get an immediate sense of thelives, both quotidian and extraordinary, of Africans in some of the continent'smost troubled countries, read Alexis Okeowo's book."—William Finnegan, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Barbarian Days
"Remarkable.... Okeowo writes with beauty and grace....Refreshingly, she does not give in to easy answers.... Clear-eyed, lyrical,observant, and compassionate--reportage at its finest."—Kirkus (starred review)
"Alexis Okeowo hasgone to the hardest continent and come away with a series of tales about thefight against fanaticism and despair. The result is a deeply sensitive portraitof modern Africa and a microscope on the human condition in the most difficult circumstances."—Dexter Filkins, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Forever War
"Alexis Okeowo'sstartling and brilliant account of fierce horrors and tender hopes is one ofthe best records I have ever read of a world that has been made and remade timeand again out of struggle and faith. Okeowo is just the kind of reporter weneed to hear from when it comes to Africa, the 'new' old world: truthful,accurate, deep."—Hilton Als, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of White Girls
"Evocative and affecting.... Okeowo's in-depth,perceptive reporting gives a voice to ... extraordinarily courageous--andresilient--women and men."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"A Moonless, Starless Skyis a captivating look at the on-the-ground effects ofextremist groups and the people who live their lives in spite of them."—Booklist
"Okeowo's compelling prose is lean butempathetic, reportorial and personal both in an individual and cultural sense;her own status as a biological African born in America who straddles twocontinents and two sensibilities--at minimum--infuses this work with a realurgency.... Okeowo's message to readers, and the lesson she unsentimentallygleans for herself, is that even under a forbidding sky--one without theradiance of moon or stars-there is always enough light to navigate out of thedarkness toward a better world."—Ms. Magazine
"Through four distinct stories, she shares the stories ofcitizens as they resist groups like Lord's Resistance Army and Boko Haram,while also attempting to bravely move forward with their personal lives. Thereporting is expert and empathetic, and Okeowo illuminates the people beyondthe headlines."—W magazine
"AlexisOkeowo humanizes the lives behind the headlines, transforming oftenone-dimensional news stories from the African continent into narratives ofendurance and survival.... These are narratives of everyday people confrontingunimaginable challenges where one's very existence becomes an act ofresistance. Okeowo's reporting demonstrates the multiplicity of humanresilience and regeneration in impossible times. In a time when our own leadersconflate poverty with personal character, we can think of no more importantbook. The individuals showcased inA Moonless, Starless Skyare among the best andbrightest anywhere in the world."—Prize citation for the 2018 PEN Open Book Award