Ghostroots - 'Pemi Aguda (Paperback)

'Thrilling and disturbing ... a triumph' Financial Times
'Terrifying' TIME, 100 Must-Read Books of 2024
'Ghostroots is the kind of collection you dream of discovering and reading - from one of my favorite living writers' - Jeff VanderMeer

An electrifying, terrifying collection of literary horror stories from a prize-winning young star of Nigerian writing

Exploring the dark borders between psychology and superstition, these feverishly imaginative stories of trauma, betrayal, terror and love lay bare the forces of myth, tradition, gender, sexuality and modernity in Nigerian society. Here are characters cursed by guilt, bound by the ties of ancestors and community; or enchanted by the allure of mysticism and would-be prophets. Powered by a deep empathy, and glinting with humour and insight, they announce a major new literary talent.

A FINALIST FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, THE PEN FAULKNER AWARD, THELA TIMES ART SEIDENBAUM AWARD AND THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIONS YOUNG FICTION AWARD; AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE CAINE PRIZE FOR AFRICAN WRITING

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9780349018249
Number of pages: 224
Dimensions: 196 x 126 x 24 mm