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How beautiful we were : a novel / Imbolo Mbue.
"'We should have known the end was near.' So begins Imbolo Mbue's exquisite and devastating novel How Beautiful We Were. Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, it tells the story of a people living in fear amidst environmental degradation wrought by a large and powerful American oil company. Pipeline spills have rendered farmlands infertile. Children are dying from drinking toxic water. Promises of clean up and financial reparations to the villagers are made--and ignored. The country's government, led by a corrupt, brazen dictator, exists to serve its own interest. Left with few choices, the people of Kosawa decide to fight the American corporation. Doing so will come at a steep price. Told through multiple perspectives and centered around a fierce young girl named Thula who grows up to become a revolutionary, Joy of the Oppressed is a masterful exploration of what happens when the reckless drive for profit, coupled with the ghosts of colonialism, comes up against one village's quest for justice--and a young woman's willingness to sacrifice everything for the sake of her people's freedom"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593132425
- ISBN: 0593132424
- Physical Description: 364 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2021
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| Subject: | Villages > Africa > Fiction. Oil spills > Fiction. Environmental degradation > Fiction. Corporations > Fiction. Africa > Fiction. |
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- 16 of 16 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
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- 0 current holds with 16 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Kansas City Public Library | FICTION MBUE 2021 (Text) | 0001002439394 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Cape Girardeau Public Library | MBU (Text) | 33042004744499 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Carthage Public Library | FIC Mbue, Imbolo (Text) | 34MO2001809222 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Caruthersville Public Library | F MBU (Text) | 38417100531419 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Howard County Public Library | F/Mbu (Text) | 34658000233531 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Jefferson County Library-Arnold | F MBUE Imbolo (Text) | 30061000281036 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Lebanon-Laclede County Library | F Mbue (Text) | 3803744563 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Little Dixie - Main Library - Moberly | F MBUE (Text) | 2004558547 | Adult Fiction Shelves | Available | - |
| Morgan County Library | AF MBU (Text) | 35319000073679 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Poplar Bluff - Main Library | FIC MBUE (Text) | 38420101726822 | FICTION | Available | - |
