Our Kind of People: A Continent's Challenge, a Country's Hope - Hardcover

Iweala, Uzodinma

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061284904 ISBN 13: 9780061284908

Verlag: Harper Collins, 2012

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Book by Iweala Uzodinma

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Embarking on an extraordinary journey through Nigeria, an award-winning novelist and doctor recounts the stories of the communities and individuals impacted by HIV/AIDS--all of whom are trying to make sense of life, love and their connections to each other in the face of an unprecedented epidemic. 35,000 first printing.

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In 2005 Uzodinma Iweala stunned readers and critics alike with Beasts of No Nation, his debut novel about child soldiers in West Africa. Now his return to Africa has produced Our Kind of People, a non-fiction account of the AIDS crisis every bit as startling and original. HIV/AIDS has been reported as one of the most destructive diseases in recent memory—tearing apart communities and ostracizing the afflicted. But the emphasis placed on death, destruction, and despair hardly captures the many and varied effects of the epidemic, or the stories of the extraordinary people who live and die under its watch.

Our Kind of People opens our minds to these stories, introducing a new set of voices and altering the way we speak and think about disease. Iweala embarks on a remarkable journey through his native Nigeria, meeting individuals and communities that are struggling daily to understand both the impact and meaning of HIV/AIDS. He speaks with people from all walks of life—the ill and the healthy, doctors, nurses, truck drivers, sex workers, shopkeepers, students, parents, and children. Their testimonies are by turns uplifting, alarming, humorous, and surprising, and always unflinchingly candid. Integrating his own experiences with these voices, Iweala creates at once a deeply personal exploration of life, love, and connection in the face of disease, and an incisive critique of our existing ideas of health and happiness.

Beautifully written and heartbreakingly honest, Our Kind of People goes behind the headlines of an unprecedented epidemic to show the real lives it affects, illuminating the scope of the crisis and a continent's valiant struggle.

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• Verlag: Harper Collins
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0061284904
• ISBN 13: 9780061284908
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 228