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Wilderness of Mirrors

By Olufemi Terry

Wilderness of Mirrors

By Olufemi Terry

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Exquisitely written and deeply absorbing, this debut from Caine Prize-winning author Olufemi Terry captures the heady abandon of early adulthood in a country still reeling from the lasting effects of racial partition and colonialism. When his father suggests that he take some time off to visit his cousin, Emil--a young surgeon-in-training--doesn't ask many questions. For reasons he doesn't yet understand, he sets aside his studies and moves into his aunt's house in Stadmutter, a remote multiracial African city. There, he is disquieted by days of unaccustomed aimlessness and by encounters with Bolling, a wealthy foreigner who woos him intellectually and sexually, and Tamsin, a psychology student working to define herself against the fading privilege of her background. Beneath a veneer of indolence, Stadmutter seethes. Bolling is covertly working with Braeem Shaka, an advocate for reparations, to foment racial tension that imperils the country's fragile progress. As Shaka becomes a wanted man, Emil and Tamsin grow entangled in his future and that of a country they are both eager to escape.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
256
Release Date:
2025-09-09
Publication Date:
2025-09-09
Publisher:
Restless Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1632063980
ISBN13:
9781632063984
Weight:
262 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
180 cm
Thickness:
21 cm
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