Apa dulce

Roman nominalizat la PEN / Hemingway Award si la Women's Prize for Fiction 2019

Tradus in 10 limbi Apa Dulce a facut toata valva necesara in 2018 si 2019 pentru a fi pe lista must read a tuturor publicatiilor importante.

Un roman despre „frumoasa nebunie”, construit in jurul personajului Ada si al ideii de identitate fracturata, Apa dulce a aparut in limba romana in traducerea lui Cristian Fulas, in colectia Endorfiction. Inspirandu-se din mitologia nigeriana, intr-un stil cand colocvial, intim, senzual, cand poetic, incantatoriu, Emezi transforma intregul roman intr-o camera de marmura, in care rasuna memorabil vocile acestor zei sangerosi, in cautare de teritorii umane demne de locuit. Cum va reusi o singura fiinta umana sa le contina? Cea mai noua endorfina literara, a se citi in apropierea unei fantani.

Lista premiilor si a nominalizarilor:

• A National Book Foundation “5 Under 35” Honoree
• Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
• A New York Times Notable Book
• Named a Best Book of the Year by the New Yorker, BuzzFeed, Literary Hub, Amazon, NPR, Chicago Public Library, Electric Literature, Bustle, Refinery29, Entropy, BookPage, Shelf Awareness, and Globe and Mail
• Named a Best Debut Novel of 2018 by Entertainment Weekly
• Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal
• Longlisted for the Apsen Words Literary Prize
• Longlisted for the Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize
• A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
• A New York Times Book Review Paperback Row Selection
• An Amazon Top 10 Book Pick (February 2018)

• Un roman de debut remarcabil, care interogheaza puternic paradigma occidentala a bolii psihice, oferind o perspectiva complet diferita. Visceral, rafinat, construit impecabil.

  The New York Times

• De inspiratie autobiografica, oferind o bogatie spirituala si franchete sexuala rare, acest text nu pare a fi fost scris, ci transmis de Akwaeke Emezi, preluat dintr-un fond la care doar cautatorii, poetii si profetii au acces.

  Taiye Selasi