The Resource A particular kind of black man, Tope Folarin
A particular kind of black man, Tope Folarin
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- Summary
- "A stunning debut novel, from Rhodes Scholar and winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing, Tope Folarin about a Nigerian family living in Utah and their uncomfortable assimilation to American life. Living in small-town Utah has always been an uneasy fit for Tunde Akinola's family, especially for his Nigeria-born parents. Though Tunde speaks English with a Midwestern accent, he can't escape the children who rub his skin and ask why the black won't come off. As he struggles to fit in and find his place in the world, he finds little solace from his parents who are grappling with their own issues. Tunde's father, ever the optimist, works tirelessly chasing his American dream while his wife, lonely in Utah without family and friends, sinks deeper into schizophrenia. Then one otherwise-ordinary morning, Tunde's mother wakes him with a hug, bundles him and his baby brother into the car, and takes them away from the only home they've ever known. But running away doesn't bring her, or her children, any relief from the demons that plague her; once Tunde's father tracks them down, she flees to Nigeria, and Tunde never feels at home again. He spends the rest of his childhood and young adulthood searching for connection--to the wary stepmother and stepbrothers he gains when his father remarries; to the Utah residents who mock his father's accent; to evangelical religion; to his Texas middle school's crowd of African-Americans; to the fraternity brothers of his historically black college. In so doing, he discovers something that sends him on a journey away from everything he has known. Sweeping, stirring, and perspective-shifting, A Particular Kind of Black Man is a beautiful and poignant exploration of the meaning of memory, manhood, home, and identity as seen through the eyes of a first-generation Nigerian-American"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 261 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501171819
- Label
- A particular kind of black man
- Title
- A particular kind of black man
- Statement of responsibility
- Tope Folarin
- Subject
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- Children of immigrants -- Fiction
- Bildungsromans
- trueChild abuse
- trueChildren of immigrants
- trueChildren of people with mental illnesses
- Domestic fiction
- trueImmigrant families
- trueMemory
- trueNigeria
- trueNigerian Americans
- Nigerian Americans -- Fiction
- trueNigerians in the United States
- trueSmall town life
- trueUtah
- trueAfrican Americans
- trueAfrican Americans in Africa
- Autobiographical fiction
- trueBelonging
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A stunning debut novel, from Rhodes Scholar and winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing, Tope Folarin about a Nigerian family living in Utah and their uncomfortable assimilation to American life. Living in small-town Utah has always been an uneasy fit for Tunde Akinola's family, especially for his Nigeria-born parents. Though Tunde speaks English with a Midwestern accent, he can't escape the children who rub his skin and ask why the black won't come off. As he struggles to fit in and find his place in the world, he finds little solace from his parents who are grappling with their own issues. Tunde's father, ever the optimist, works tirelessly chasing his American dream while his wife, lonely in Utah without family and friends, sinks deeper into schizophrenia. Then one otherwise-ordinary morning, Tunde's mother wakes him with a hug, bundles him and his baby brother into the car, and takes them away from the only home they've ever known. But running away doesn't bring her, or her children, any relief from the demons that plague her; once Tunde's father tracks them down, she flees to Nigeria, and Tunde never feels at home again. He spends the rest of his childhood and young adulthood searching for connection--to the wary stepmother and stepbrothers he gains when his father remarries; to the Utah residents who mock his father's accent; to evangelical religion; to his Texas middle school's crowd of African-Americans; to the fraternity brothers of his historically black college. In so doing, he discovers something that sends him on a journey away from everything he has known. Sweeping, stirring, and perspective-shifting, A Particular Kind of Black Man is a beautiful and poignant exploration of the meaning of memory, manhood, home, and identity as seen through the eyes of a first-generation Nigerian-American"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10795264
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1981-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Folarin, Tope
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3606.O4227
- LC item number
- P37 2019
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Nigerian Americans
- Children of immigrants
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- A particular kind of black man, Tope Folarin
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 261 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501171819
- Lccn
- 2019012960
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- on1056731361
- (OCoLC)1056731361
- Label
- A particular kind of black man, Tope Folarin
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 261 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501171819
- Lccn
- 2019012960
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- on1056731361
- (OCoLC)1056731361
Subject
- Children of immigrants -- Fiction
- Bildungsromans
- trueChild abuse
- trueChildren of immigrants
- trueChildren of people with mental illnesses
- Domestic fiction
- trueImmigrant families
- trueMemory
- trueNigeria
- trueNigerian Americans
- Nigerian Americans -- Fiction
- trueNigerians in the United States
- trueSmall town life
- trueUtah
- trueAfrican Americans
- trueAfrican Americans in Africa
- Autobiographical fiction
- trueBelonging
Genre
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
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