Description
Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, How Beautiful We Were tells the story of a people living in fear amidst environmental degradation wrought by an American oil company. Pipeline spills have rendered farmlands infertile. Children are dying from drinking toxic water. Promises of clean-up and financial reparations are made - and ignored. The country's government, led by a brazen dictator, exists to serve its own interest only. Left with few choices, the people of Kosawa decide to fight back. But their fight will come at a steep price . . . one which generation after generation will have to pay.
Details
  • Author: Mbue, Imbolo
  • Publisher: Canongate Press Ltd
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publication Date: 11/03/2021
  • ISBN: 9781838851347
  • B-Code: B055657
  • Pages: 368
  • Dimensions: 220x144mm
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