Book Launch Party: English & Creative Writing Professor Chigozie Obioma's The Road to the Country

The English Department and the Creative Writing Program present a reading and reception at Ciné for UGA professor Chigozie Obioma's newest book The Road to the Country. 

Books will be for sale by Avid Bookshop. For accessibility requests, contact events@avidbookshop.com. Please submit requests at least two weeks before the event.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

"A sweeping, heartracing, mystical novel about a university student in Lagos who must save his brother, and himself, amid the chaos of Nigeria's civil war—a story of love, friendship, and family by the two-time Booker Prize finalist and 'the heir to Chinua Achebe'" —New York Times

"Chigozie Obioma is that rare thing: an original. His world is a mix of the real and the folkloric, and his writing sounds like no one else’s." —Wall Street Journal

The story of a young man seeking redemption in a country on fire, Chigozie Obioma’s novel is an odyssey of brotherhood, love, and unimaginable courage set during one of the most devastating conflicts in the history of Africa. Intertwining myth and realism into a thrilling, inspired, and emotionally powerful novel, The Road to the Country is the masterpiece of Chigozie Obioma, a writer Salman Rushdie calls "a major voice" in literature.