How beautiful we were : a novel
(Book)
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Published
New York : Random House, [2021].
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Status
Brooks Memorial Library - Fiction - 1st Floor
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1 available
MBU
1 available
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Location | Call Number | Note | Status |
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Brooks Memorial Library - Fiction - 1st Floor | MBU | On Shelf |
Location | Call Number | Note | Status |
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Deborah Rawson Memorial Library - Fiction | FIC MBU | On Shelf | |
John G. McCullough Free Library - Fiction | FIC MBUE | On Shelf | |
Manchester Community Library - Main Library | FIC Mbue, Imbolo | On Shelf | |
Putney Public Library - Fiction | FIC MBU | On Shelf | |
Putney School Library - Fiction | FIC MBU | Claude Winfield Afro American Collection | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Activism -- Fiction -- Community activism
Africa -- Fiction.
Corporations -- Corrupt practices -- Fiction.
Environmental degradation -- Fiction.
Novels.
Oil spills -- Fiction.
Petroleum industry -- Fiction -- Corrupt practices
Politics and government -- Fiction -- Corrupt practices -- Africa
Villages -- Africa -- Fiction.
Africa -- Fiction.
Corporations -- Corrupt practices -- Fiction.
Environmental degradation -- Fiction.
Novels.
Oil spills -- Fiction.
Petroleum industry -- Fiction -- Corrupt practices
Politics and government -- Fiction -- Corrupt practices -- Africa
Villages -- Africa -- Fiction.
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Published
New York : Random House, [2021].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
364 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Notes
Description
" 'We should have known the end was near.' So begins Imbolo Mbue's exquisite and devastating novel 'How Beautiful We Were.' Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, it tells the story of a people living in fear amidst environmental degradation wrought by a large and powerful 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 country's government, led by a corrupt, brazen dictator, exists to serve its own interests. Left with few choices, the people of Kosawa decide to fight the American corporation. Doing so will come at a steep price. Told through multiple perspectives and centered around a fierce young girl named Thula who grows up to become a revolutionary, Joy of the Oppressed is a masterful exploration of what happens when the reckless drive for profit, coupled with the ghosts of colonialism, comes up against one village's quest for justice--and a young woman's willingness to sacrifice everything for the sake of her people's freedom."--,Provided by publisher.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Mbue, I. (2021). How beautiful we were: a novel (First edition.). Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mbue, Imbolo. 2021. How Beautiful We Were: A Novel. Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mbue, Imbolo. How Beautiful We Were: A Novel Random House, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Mbue, Imbolo. How Beautiful We Were: A Novel First edition., Random House, 2021.
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