Don't be frightened by the title, Nnedi Okorafor is fine... and doing her best work yet. DEATH OF THE AUTHOR reads like three novels in one... or maybe four... about fame and family, culture and change, the power of story, the writer's life... and robots. This one has it all

George R.R. Martin

Nnedi Okorafor is so ferociously talented that we are starting to see she cannot be boxed into any category or genre. Her new, <i>Death of the Author</i>, is a deeply felt dazzle. A blaze. It is true deep to the bones

Luis Alberto Urrea Pulitzer Prize finalist and bestselling author of The House of Broken Angels

Connection is the heartbeat of Okorafor's work

New York Times

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I was captivated by the story-and the many stories-within-the-story-of this ambitious, inventive tribute to the power of storytelling itself

Nikki Erlick, New York Times bestselling author of The Measure

Okorafor explores what it means to be human. . . . All-out Okorafor - her best yet

Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Highly recommended for fans of Octavia Butler, Nicky Drayden, and Tade Thompson . . . will attract genre and literary fiction fans alike

Booklist (starred review)

Metafiction at its finest... equal parts sharp social commentary and deeply human storytelling

Readers Digest

An epic about love, friendship, and the cost of survival

Library Journal, starred review

The future of storytelling is here.Life has thrown Zelu some curveballs over the years, but when she's suddenly dropped from her university job and her latest novel is rejected, all in the middle of her sister's wedding, her life is upended. Disabled, unemployed and from a nosy, high-achieving, judgmental family, she's not sure what comes next.In her hotel room that night, she takes the risk that will define her life - she decides to write a book VERY unlike her others. A science fiction drama about androids and AI after the extinction of humanity. And everything changes.What follows is a tale of love and loss, fame and infamy, of extraordinary events in one world, and another. And as Zelu's life evolves, the lines between fiction and reality begin to blur.Because sometimes a story really does have the power to reshape the world.Nnedi Okorafor, a New York Times bestselling and award-winning author, presents a sweeping tale about family, culture and identity, and a breathtaking examination of the relationship between writer and reader . . . and robots. Death of the Author is heartfelt, tender, and an ambitious meta-drama about what makes us human.
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Multi-award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor presents a sweeping story about a disabled Nigerian American who writes a science fiction novel that becomes a global phenomenon - but at a price. A tale about family, culture and identity, this blends the tenderness of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow with the ambition of How High We Go in the Dark.
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Nnedi Okorafor is . . . doing her best work yet . . . This one has it all - George R.R. MartinDeath of the Author is a deeply felt dazzle. A blaze. It is true deep to the bones - Luis Alberto Urrea Pulitzer Prize finalist and bestselling author of The House of Broken AngelsThere's more vivid imagination in a page of Nnedi Okorafor's work than in whole volumes of ordinary fantasy epics - Ursula K. Le GuinA fantastical, magical blend of grand storytelling - Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) on Who Fears DeathEvocative and sharply elegant . . . this is crucial, necessary work - Amar El-Mohtar on the Binti series
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ISBN
9781399622950
Publisert
2025
Utgiver
Vendor
Gollancz
Vekt
660 gr
Høyde
236 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Dybde
42 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
448

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Biographical note

Nnedi Okorafor is an international award-winning New York Times bestselling writer of science fiction and fantasy for adults, young adults and children. The more specific terms for her works are africanfuturism and africanjujuism. Nnedi has received the World Fantasy, Nebula and Eisner and multiple Hugo, Lodestar and Nommo Awards, amongst others, for her works. She has books currently being adapted for TV by HBO, Amazon Studies, 20th Century Fox, and others. Nnedi holds a PhD in Literature, two Master's Degrees (Journalism and Literature) and lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her daughter Anyaugo.