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When We Were Birds

by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
$18.00
When We Were Birds - Thryft
When We Were Birds - Thryft

Mythic magic intertwined with modern sensibility.

Recommendation: "When We Were Birds" is a mesmerizing debut that beautifully weaves together myth and modernity. The story follows the intertwined destinies of Darwin and Yejide, culminating in an ancient cemetery where destiny awaits. With an emphasis on grief, renewal, and hope, this book will resonate with readers who appreciate powerful storytelling and a touch of magic.

  • OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature (2023)
  • The Kitschies Nominee for Golden Tentacle (Debut) (2023)
  • Jhalak Prize Nominee (2023)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

When We Were Birds

by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
$18.00
ISBN: 9780241502808
Authors: Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Date of Publication: 2022-03-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Romance, Fantasy, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Magical Realism
Goodreads rating: 3.81
(rated by 6561 readers)

Description

Darwin is a down-on-his-luck gravedigger, newly arrived in the city of Port Angeles to seek his fortune, young and beautiful and lost. Estranged from his mother and the Rastafari faith she taught him, he is convinced that the father he never met may be waiting for him somewhere amid these bustling streets.Meanwhile in an old house on a hill, where the city meets the rainforest, Yejide's mother is dying. And she is leaving behind a legacy that now passes to Yejide: the power to talk to the departed. The women of Yejide's family are human but also not - descended from corbeau, the black birds that fly east at sunset, taking with them the souls of the dead.Darwin and Yejide both have something that the other needs. Their destinies are intertwined, and they will find one another in the sprawling, ancient cemetery at the heart of Port Angeles, where trouble is brewing...Embedded with a timeless, mythic magic and wisdom, and yet alive with a totally fresh, modern sensibility, this hypnotic literary debut is a masterpiece of rhythm, exuberance, heart, loss in cycle with renewal and darkness with light: a reckoning with a grief that runs back generations and a defiant, joyful affirmation of hope.
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Mythic magic intertwined with modern sensibility.

Recommendation: "When We Were Birds" is a mesmerizing debut that beautifully weaves together myth and modernity. The story follows the intertwined destinies of Darwin and Yejide, culminating in an ancient cemetery where destiny awaits. With an emphasis on grief, renewal, and hope, this book will resonate with readers who appreciate powerful storytelling and a touch of magic.

  • OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature (2023)
  • The Kitschies Nominee for Golden Tentacle (Debut) (2023)
  • Jhalak Prize Nominee (2023)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.