The Resource How beautiful we were : a novel, Imbolo Mbue
How beautiful we were : a novel, Imbolo Mbue
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The item How beautiful we were : a novel, Imbolo Mbue represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item How beautiful we were : a novel, Imbolo Mbue represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, [this novel] tells the story of a people living in fear amidst environmental degradation wrought by a large and powerful American oil company. Pipeline spills have rendered farmlands infertile. Children are dying from drinking toxic water. Promises of clean up and financial reparations to the villagers are made--and ignored. The country's government, led by a corrupt, brazen dictator, exists to serve its own interests. Left with few choices, the people of Kosawa decide to fight the American corporation. Doing so will come at a steep price. Told through multiple perspectives and centered around a fierce young girl named Thula who grows up to become a revolutionary, How Beautiful We Were is a masterful exploration of what happens when the reckless drive for profit, coupled with the ghosts of colonialism, comes up against one village's quest for justice--and a young woman's willingness to sacrifice everything for the sake of her people's freedom"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 12 audio discs (14 hr.)
- Note
-
- Title from disc label
- Compact discs
- Isbn
- 9780593209950
- Label
- How beautiful we were : a novel
- Title
- How beautiful we were
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Imbolo Mbue
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, [this novel] tells the story of a people living in fear amidst environmental degradation wrought by a large and powerful American oil company. Pipeline spills have rendered farmlands infertile. Children are dying from drinking toxic water. Promises of clean up and financial reparations to the villagers are made--and ignored. The country's government, led by a corrupt, brazen dictator, exists to serve its own interests. Left with few choices, the people of Kosawa decide to fight the American corporation. Doing so will come at a steep price. Told through multiple perspectives and centered around a fierce young girl named Thula who grows up to become a revolutionary, How Beautiful We Were is a masterful exploration of what happens when the reckless drive for profit, coupled with the ghosts of colonialism, comes up against one village's quest for justice--and a young woman's willingness to sacrifice everything for the sake of her people's freedom"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- TEFMT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mbue, Imbolo
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- LC call number
- PS3613.B84
- LC item number
- H69 2021ab
- Literary text for sound recordings
- fiction
- Music parts
- not applicable
- PerformerNote
- Read by Prentice Onayemi, Janina Edwards, Dion Graham, JD Jackson, Allyson Johnson, and Lisa Renee Pitts
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
-
- Onayemi, Prentice
- Edwards, Janina
- Graham, Dion
- Jackson, JD
- Johnson, Allyson
- Pitts, Lisa Renee
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Villages
- Oil spills
- Environmental degradation
- Corporations
- Africa
- Target audience
- adult
- Transposition and arrangement
- not applicable
- Label
- How beautiful we were : a novel, Imbolo Mbue
- Note
-
- Title from disc label
- Compact discs
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Carrier category
- audio disc
- Carrier category code
-
- sd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
-
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 12 audio discs (14 hr.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9780593209950
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Media category
- audio
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- s
- Other control number
-
- 9780593209950
- 9780593209950
- 9780593209950
- 9780593209950
- Other physical details
- CD audio, digital
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 60dl6m
- 40dl6m
- 12468834
- 12468834
- Publisher number
-
- PRHA 9747
- 12468834
- 12468834
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)on1236457207
- (OCoLC)1236457207
- 2434152
- 2434152
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
- Label
- How beautiful we were : a novel, Imbolo Mbue
- Note
-
- Title from disc label
- Compact discs
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Carrier category
- audio disc
- Carrier category code
-
- sd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
-
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 12 audio discs (14 hr.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9780593209950
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Media category
- audio
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- s
- Other control number
-
- 9780593209950
- 9780593209950
- 9780593209950
- 9780593209950
- Other physical details
- CD audio, digital
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 60dl6m
- 40dl6m
- 12468834
- 12468834
- Publisher number
-
- PRHA 9747
- 12468834
- 12468834
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)on1236457207
- (OCoLC)1236457207
- 2434152
- 2434152
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
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