Tope Folarin
Autor/a de A Particular Kind of Black Man: A Novel
Obres de Tope Folarin
Genesis 1 exemplars
Obres associades
The Daily Assortment of Astonishing Things and Other Stories: The Caine Prize for African Writing 2016 (2016) — Col·laborador — 13 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Gènere
- male
- Premis i honors
- Whiting Award (2021 | Fiction)
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Ressenyes
Premis
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Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 2
- També de
- 3
- Membres
- 89
- Popularitat
- #207,492
- Valoració
- 3.5
- Ressenyes
- 5
- ISBN
- 8
Tunde, his father, and his brother continue on in Utah. A couple of years later, his father brings over a woman from Nigeria and her two young children. All of a sudden, Tunde has a step-mother and two step-siblings. Life was pretty good for a while, though Tunde never feels true love from his new mother. After moving to Dallas, his new mother and siblings leave his father for another man.
Tunde excels in academics, but has difficulty socially. So much moving and his natural awkwardness made it hard to make and keep friends. When he goes to college, things improve. He falls in love, and she encourages him to visit his mother, who he hasn’t spoken to since she left. He finally begins to discover who he really is rather than who he thinks others want him to be.… (més)