SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 From the author of the Booker-shortlisted novel The
Fishermen FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOKS OF 2019 'Obioma is truly the heir to Chinua Achebe'
New York Times 'A major new African writer' Salman Rushdie 'A profoundly humane epic love
story' Booker Prize Judges 2019 A young farmer named Chinonso prevents a woman from falling to
her death. Bonded by this strange night on the bridge he and Ndali fall in love but it is a
mismatch according to her family who reject him because of his lowly status. Is it love or
madness that makes Chinonso think he can change his destiny? Set across Nigeria and Cyprus An
Orchestra of Minorities written in the mythic style of the Igbo tradition weaves a
heart-wrenching tale about fate versus free will.
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spectacular artistic leap' Guardian 'Brilliantly original' The Economist 'A remarkable
talent' Independent 'Few contemporary novels achieve the seductive panache of Obioma's
heightened language with its mixture of English Igbo and colourful African-English phrases
and the startling clarity of the dialogue. The story is extreme yet its theme is a bid for
mercy for that most fragile of creatures - a human' Eileen Battersby Guardian
