Voice of America

<p><strong>E.C. Osondu is a man with a clear head and a great ear writing from crucial places. --Jonathan Franzen author of <em>Freedom</em> and <em>The Corrections</em></strong></p><p><strong>With observant wonder and subtle humor [Osondu] portrays...our unique capacity for hope and hopelessness rolled together. --Mary Gaitskill author of <em>Bad Behavior</em> and <em>Veronica</em></strong></p><p>This collection of vivid compulsively readable stories marks the debut of Nigerian author E.C. Osondu winner of the 2009 Caine Prize for African Writing. In the tradition of Wole Soyinka Nadine Gordimer J.M. Coetzee and Chinua Achebe (all patrons of the Caine Prize) Osondu's stories are wise soul-stirring and deeply compelling. In electrifying prose he articulate the struggles of Nigerian immigrants in America and refugees villagers and ex-patriots in Africa. <em>Voice of America</em> marks the beginning for a brave and remarkable new voice in African Literature.</p>