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Buchbeschreibung hardcover. Zustand: New. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0593132424-11-30703091
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Buchbeschreibung Hardcover. Zustand: New. First Edition. A fearless young woman from a small African village starts a revolution against an American oil company in this sweeping, inspiring novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Behold the Dreamers.ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, People ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, The Christian Science Monitor, Marie Claire, Ms. magazine, BookPage, Kirkus ReviewsMbue reaches for the moon and, by the novels end, has it firmly held in her hand.-NPRWe should have known the end was near. So begins Imbolo Mbues powerful second novel, How Beautiful We Were. Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, it tells of a people living in fear amid environmental degradation wrought by an American oil company. Pipeline spills have rendered farmlands infertile. Children are dying from drinking toxic water. Promises of cleanup and financial reparations to the villagers are made-and ignored. The countrys government, led by a brazen dictator, exists to serve its own interests. Left with few choices, the people of Kosawa decide to fight back. Their struggle will last for decades and come at a steep price.Told from the perspective of a generation of children and the family of a girl named Thula who grows up to become a revolutionary, How Beautiful We Were is a masterful exploration of what happens when the reckless drive for profit, coupled with the ghost of colonialism, comes up against one communitys determination to hold on to its ancestral land and a young womans willingness to sacrifice everything for the sake of her peoples freedom. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers DADAX0593132424
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Buchbeschreibung Hardcover. Zustand: new. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780593132425
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Buchbeschreibung Hardcover. Zustand: New. First Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 006163210N
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Buchbeschreibung Zustand: New. Brand New. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780593132425
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Buchbeschreibung Zustand: New. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 37768640-n
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Buchbeschreibung Hardcover. Zustand: new. Buy for Great customer experience. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers GoldenDragon0593132424
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Buchbeschreibung Hardcover. Zustand: new. Hardcover. A fearless young woman from a small African village starts a revolution against an American oil company in this sweeping, inspiring novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Behold the Dreamers.ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, People ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, The Christian Science Monitor, Marie Claire, Ms. magazine, BookPage, Kirkus ReviewsMbue reaches for the moon and, by the novels end, has it firmly held in her hand.NPR We should have known the end was near. So begins Imbolo Mbues powerful second novel, How Beautiful We Were. Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, it tells of a people living in fear amid environmental degradation wrought by an American oil company. Pipeline spills have rendered farmlands infertile. Children are dying from drinking toxic water. Promises of cleanup and financial reparations to the villagers are madeand ignored. The countrys government, led by a brazen dictator, exists to serve its own interests. Left with few choices, the people of Kosawa decide to fight back. Their struggle will last for decades and come at a steep price. Told from the perspective of a generation of children and the family of a girl named Thula who grows up to become a revolutionary, How Beautiful We Were is a masterful exploration of what happens when the reckless drive for profit, coupled with the ghost of colonialism, comes up against one communitys determination to hold on to its ancestral land and a young womans willingness to sacrifice everything for the sake of her peoples freedom. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780593132425
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Buchbeschreibung Zustand: New. pp. 384. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 26387662543
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Buchbeschreibung Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. First Edition. New. Very little shelfwear. First Printing. Signed by the author on the second black page. Tipped-in. Signed Copy Sticker on the front of the jacket. The dust jaket has a small wrinkle at the top edge of the spine and is in new mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed. Fiction. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 050141
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