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Losing the Plot
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ISBN13: 9781838855628
Publisher: Canongate Books
Published: Feb 13 2024
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.53
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
LONGLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2023
LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2023
SHORTLISTED FOR PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZE - FICTION 2023
'A highly enigmatic, affectionate and robustly written
portrayal of a mother-son relationship . . . very relatable' Diana Evans
Driven by a deep-seated desire to understand his mother's
life before he was born, Derek Owusu offers a powerful imagining of her
journey. As she moves from Ghana to the UK and navigates parenthood in a
strange and often lonely environment, the effects of displacement are felt
across generations. Told through the eyes of both mother and son, Losing the
Plot is at once emotionally raw and playful as Owusu experiments with form to
piece together the immigrant experience and explore how the stories we share and
tell ourselves are just as vital as the ones we don't.
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