{"product_id":"blackass-a-igoni-barrett","title":"Blackass (A. Igoni Barrett)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A devastating social parable brimming with humanity and heart...' Marlon James\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhite skin, green eyes, red hair... BLACKASS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFuro Wariboko - born and bred in Lagos - wakes up on the morning of his job interview to discover he has turned into a white man. As he hits the city streets running, still reeling from his new-found condition, Furo finds the dead ends of his life open out before him. As a white man in Nigeria, the world is seemingly his oyster - except for one thing: despite his radical transformation, Furo's ass remains robustly black . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFunny, fierce, inventive and daringly provocative - this is a very modern satire, with a sting in the tail.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eA. Igoni Barrett\u003c\/i\u003e was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, in 1979 and lives in Lagos. He is a winner of the 2005 BBC World Service short story competition, the recipient of a Chinua Achebe Center Fellowship, a Norman Mailer Center Fellowship, and a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency. His short story collection, \u003ci\u003eLove is Power\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e or Something Like That\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2013. In 2014 he was named on the Africa39 list of sub-Saharan African writers under 40. \u003ci\u003eBlackass\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 272 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65877627339101,"sku":"K094605240","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9460524000001A.jpg?v=1788980450","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/blackass-a-igoni-barrett","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}