{"product_id":"things-they-lost-hardcover","title":"Things They Lost - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOkwiri Oduor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Most Anticipated Book by \u003ci\u003eVogue \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Alternately whimsical, sweet, and dark,\" this astonishing debut novel about a lonely girl waiting for her mother \"brim[s] with uncompromisingly African magical realism\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAyosa is a wandering spirit--joyous, exuberant, filled to the brim with longing. Her only companions in her grandmother's crumbling house are as lonely as Ayosa herself: the ghostly Fatumas, whose eyes are the size of bay windows, who teach her to dance and wail at the death news; the Jolly-Annas, cruel birds who cover their solitude with spiteful laughter; the milkman, who never greets Ayosa and whose milk tastes of mud; and Sindano, the kind owner of a café no one ever visits. Unexpectedly, miraculously, one day Ayosa finds a friend. Yet she is always fixed on her beautiful mama, Nabumbo Promise: a mysterious and aloof photographer, she comes and goes as she pleases, with no apology or warning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet at the intersection of the spirit world and the human one, \u003ci\u003eThings They Lost \u003c\/i\u003esets out a rich and magical vision of \"girlhood as a time of complexity, laced with unparalleled creativity and expansion\" (\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e). Heartbreaking, elegant, and written in \"giddily exuberant prose\" (\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e), it's a story about connection, coming-of-age, and the dizzying dualities of love at its most intoxicating and all-encompassing.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOkwiri Oduor was born in Nairobi, Kenya. Her short story \"My Father's Head\u003ci\u003e\" \u003c\/i\u003ewon the 2014 Caine Prize for African Writing. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKwani\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She has been a fellow at MacDowell and Art Omi and a visiting writer at the Lannan Center. Oduor has an MFA in creative writing from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She currently lives in Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.1 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 12, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692295163967,"sku":"9781982102579","price":32.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/58ea2001be5e8a5648d6b3e9f6d2d7f3.webp?v=1764994967","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/things-they-lost-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}