More info: http://www.aspenwords.org; Free copies of Obioma’s novel ‘The Fishermen’ are available at the Aspen Words office in the Red Brick Center. Chigozie ...

Chigozie Obioma, a Helen S. Lanier Distinguished Creative Writing Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Georgia, launched his most recent novel, “The Road to the Country.” ...

Without meaning to, Chigozie Obioma fell in love with tragedies. As a child in Akure, Nigeria, he devoured Greek myths at the library; plucked Shakespeare plays from his father’s shelves; and absorbed ...

Left Bank Books presents two-time Booker Prize nominee Chigozie Obioma. Join us to celebrate the release of his new highly praised book "The Road to the Country." Imbolo Mbue says that, "The Road to ...

Chigozie Obioma’s second novel — it follows Man Booker Prize finalist “The Fishermen” — is a rare treasure: a book that deepens the mystery of the human experience. Rooted in Nigerian Igbo cosmology, ...

Chigozie Obioma loves to destabilize the way his readers experience the novel as a genre. The Nigerian writer is arguably most daring on this front in his latest novel, in which he delves farther back ...

In his signature work Things Fall Apart, Nigerian literary legend Chinua Achebe charts the demise of an Igbo community at the hands of colonialist missionaries. While a work of fiction, the novel ...

Nigerian author Chigozie Obioma's debut novel "The Fishermen" has been nominated for the Man Booker Prize. Obioma tells the story of four brothers who decide to explore the world of fishermen and find ...

"The Fishermen," the new debut novel by Nigerian author Chigozie Obioma, tells the story of four brothers who decide to explore the world of fishermen and find themselves confronted with a frightening ...

There are times in which the modern world — governments, technology, the shrinking global village — can seem like the trappings of a false reality. In such times, the real world is the world of legend ...