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Travelers : a novel / Helon Habila.
A Nigerian graduate student who has made his home in America knows what it means to strike out for new shores. On a trip with his wife to Berlin, Helon Habila's central character finds himself thrown into contact with a community of African immigrants and refugees whose lives previously seemed distant from his own, but to which he is increasingly drawn. The walls between his privileged, secure existence and the stories of these other Africans on the move soon crumble, and his sense of identity begins to dissolve as he finds that he can no longer separate himself from others' horrors, or from Africa.
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- ISBN: 9780393239591
- Physical Description: viii, 295 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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- Baker & Taylor
Reluctantly leaving America when his wife is given a prestigious fellowship in Berlin, a Nigerian grad student struggles with the suffering of the African refugees and immigrants he encounters in his new home. - Baker & Taylor
Reluctantly leaving America when his wife is given a prestigious fellowship, a Nigerian grad student struggles with the suffering of the African refugees and immigrants he encounters in his new home. By the award-winning author of Oil on Water. - WW Norton
A startlingly imaginative exploration of the African diaspora in Europe, by one of our most acclaimed international writers. - WW Norton
TravelersA Nigerian graduate student who has made his home in America knows what it means to strike out for new shores. When his wife proposes that he accompany her to Berlin, where she has been awarded a prestigious arts fellowship, he has his reservations: âI knew every departure is a death, every return a rebirth. Most changes happen unplanned, and they always leave a scar.âIn Berlin, Habilaâs central character finds himself thrown into contact with a community of African immigrants and refugees whose lives previously seemed distant from his own, but to which he is increasingly drawn. The walls between his privileged, secure existence and the stories of these other Africans on the move soon crumble, and his sense of identity begins to dissolve as he finds that he can no longer separate himself from othersâ horrors, or from Africa.Travelers
