Now I Am Here
Winner of the RSL Christopher Bland Prize
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
8 October 2024
Summary
We begin at the end. The armies of the National Defence Movement have been crushed and our unnamed narrator and his unit are surrounded. Prepared for defeat at the hands of the enemy and with only his sins for company, he turns to confession.
Chidi Ebere’s debut novel is a profound reflection on how good people can do terrible things - precipitated by circumstances and the violence of war. As he recounts the events leading to his disastrous finale, we learn how this gentle man is grad…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781035004034 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1035004038 |
| Author: | Chidi Ebere |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 8 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 259g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 127mm x 203mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
Stunning and raw. I yearned, alongside this narrator, for the peace of undoing what has been done. – Jackie Polzin, author of Brood
Clear, unsparing confession, with moments of insight, gentleness and even beauty. A powerful novel that traces the process of desensitisation, yet is seamed with tenderness. – Kiare Ladner, author of Nightshift
Chidi Ebere
Chidi Ebere was born and raised in Oxford and spent part of his childhood in Nigeria before returning to the UK. His short stories have appeared in UK Cosmopolitan, Ambit and West 8. He has also written on architecture and urbanism for Archis, Harvard Design Magazine, the Journal of Architecture and others. He now lives in Amsterdam. Now I Am Here is his first novel.
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