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Who fears death (EPub edition.)

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In a post-apocalyptic Africa, the world has changed in many ways; yet in one region genocide between tribes still bloodies the land.

A woman who has survived the annihilation of her village and a terrible rape by an enemy general wanders into the desert, hoping to die.

Instead, she gives birth to an angry baby girl with hair and skin the colour of sand.

Gripped by the certainty that her daughter is different - special - she names her Onyesonwu, which means 'Who fears death?' in an ancient language.

It doesn't take long for Onye to understand that she is physically and socially marked by the circumstances of her conception.

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Product Details
Harper Voyager
0008288720 / 9780008288723
eBook (EPUB)
813.6
22/03/2018
England
English
General
400 pages
Copy: 10%; print: 10%
Reprint. Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed. Originally published: New York: DAW Books, Inc., 2010.