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About the Author
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor was born in Kenya. She is the author of Weight of Whispers and Dust, which was shortlisted for the Folio Prize. Winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing (2003), she has twice received an Iowa International Writers Fellowship and was shortlisted for the FT/OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices award. Her work has appeared in McSweeney's, Granta's 'The Politics of Feeling' and other publications, and she has twice been a TEDx speaker (Nairobi and Euston). She has been a resident and fellow in several places including the Lannan Foundation, the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Civitella Ranieri, Dorothea Schlegel and the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies. She spends most of her time in Nairobi, Kenya.
Reviews
'The Dragonfly Sea transported me at a time I really wanted to be transported. Lyrical, compassionate, and deeply original, it has stayed with me, and is the novel I have most enjoyed this year.' - Sathnam Sanghera, author of Empireland 'Moving, epic and transcendent, The Dragonfly Sea is a glorious tale that spans two continents, multiple cultures and the lives of endearing characters.' - Bad Form Review 'One of the most unforgettable books I have read in the last few years ... What a writer! What a thinker! What a woman!' - Fiammetta Rocco 'Owuor's rich prose makes a pointed commentary in this novel about interconnectedness, however unlikely it may seem.' - C.A. Davids, Guardian 'One of Africa's most exciting voices . . . The Dragonfly Sea is a continent-hopping novel of epic proportions.' - Refinery29
Book Information
ISBN 9781914613081
Author Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
Format Paperback
Page Count 496
Imprint September Publishing
Publisher September Publishing