{"product_id":"how-beautiful-we-were-imbolo-mbue","title":"How Beautiful We Were (Imbolo Mbue)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA PEN\/FAULKNER AWARD FINALIST\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Sweeping and quietly devastating' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A David and Goliath story for our times' \u003ci\u003eO, the Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the fictional African village of Kosawa, this is the story of a people living in fear amidst environmental degradation wrought by an American oil company. Pipeline spills have rendered farmlands infertile. Children are dying from drinking toxic water. Promises of clean-up and financial reparations are made - and broken. Left with few choices, the people of Kosawa decide to fight back. But it will come at a steep price - one which generation after generation will have to pay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow Beautiful We Were\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful exploration of what happens when the reckless drive for profit, coupled with the ghost of colonialism, comes up against one community's determination to hold onto its ancestral land and a young woman's willingness to sacrifice everything for the sake of her people's freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eImbolo Mbue\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eBehold the Dreamers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e which won the PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction and was an Oprah's Book Club selection. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer second novel, \u003ci\u003eHow Beautiful We Were\u003c\/i\u003e, about a fictional African village's fight against an American oil company, was named by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as \"One of the 10 Best Books\" of 2021.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA native of Limbe, Cameroon, Mbue lives in New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eimbolombue.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Print PDF, Englisch, 368 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65802544841053,"sku":"K094858698","price":11.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9485869800001A.jpg?v=1788459591","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/how-beautiful-we-were-imbolo-mbue","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}