The Road to the Country

by Chigozie Obioma

• Hardback
• 384 pages
• Signed by the author

THE TWICE BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR

'Obioma is truly the heir to Chinua Achebe' New York Times

'Incredibly moving and hopeful' Nadifa Mohamed

'Remarkable' Alice Walker

'A major voice' Salman Rushdie

'A wondrous novel’ Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

At first the vision is grainy but slowly it clears, and there appears the figure of a man. When a country is plunged into civil war, two brothers on either side of it are divided. They will try to find their way back to each other.

Kunle's search for his sibling Tunde becomes a journey of atonement which sees him conscripted into the army to fight a war he hardly understands. Once there, he will forge friendships to last a lifetime, and he will meet a woman who will change his world forever. But will he find his brother?

The story of a young man seeking redemption in a nation on fire, Chigozie Obioma's novel is an odyssey of brotherhood, love and unimaginable courage set during the Biafran War.

Intertwining myth and realism into a thrilling, inspired and emotionally powerful novel, The Road to the Country is a masterpiece.