Freshwater
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Akwaeke Emezi's 2018 debut novel tells the story of Ada, a Nigerian woman born with one foot in the spirit world, through the voices of the ogbanje — Igbo spirits — who inhabit her. The novel blurs the line between mental illness and spiritual reality, refusing to privilege one framework over the other. It is a radical, formally inventive work that explores gender, trauma, and identity through a distinctly non-Western lens. Emezi writes with lyrical intensity that makes the uncanny feel achingly intimate.
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Freshwater shattered something open in me. Akwaeke Emezi writes about identity, spirituality, and the body with a ferocity that feels entirely new. This isn't a novel that asks for your understanding — it demands your presence. If you're ready for a book that will challenge how you think about selfhood, start here.
Book Details
- Publisher
- Highbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing
- Published
- January 1, 2018
- Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
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