Measuring Time

Habila, Helon

ISBN 10: 0241141850 / ISBN 13: 9780241141854

Published by London: Hamish Hamilton, 2007

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First edition. Very good indeed in similar dust wrapper. Loyalty, tradition, modernity and politics clash in this novel by the prize winning Nigerian writer. Seller Inventory # 2140104

Bibliographic Details

Title: Measuring Time

Publisher: London: Hamish Hamilton

Publication Date: 2007

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

In the small Nigerian village of Keti live Mamo and LaMamo, twin sons of a domineering father. When one day the boys try and escape the village, only LaMamo succeeds - and in time becomes a soldier well-versed in the ways of life and death. Mamo, too sickly to leave, remains in Keti finding solace in the arms of Zara while watching impotently as his detested father grows powerful and corrupt. Unable to wield a weapon, Mamo instead reaches for a pen and soon begins to write the true history of Keti and its people - all the time awaiting the return of his beloved brother, LaMamo ...

About the Author:

Helon Habila is a Nigerian novelist, poet and academic. He is the author of the novels Waiting for an Angel, Measuring Time and Oil on Water, and has won literary prizes including the Caine Prize and the Windham/Campbell Literature Prize. He teaches creative writing at George Mason University, Washington, and his most recent book The Chibok Girls will be published by Penguin Books in April 2017.