Dust, Spittle and Wind Contributor(s): Osha, Sanya (Author) |
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ISBN: 9956579289 ISBN-13: 9789956579280 Publisher: Langaa RPCID OUR PRICE: $30.31 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.28" H x 5" W x 8" (0.24 lbs) 112 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Dust, Spittle & Wind is a story of youth, dreams of innocence and transcendence told within a postcolonial setting. It follows Olu Ray, the main character of the novel through a bitter-sweet journey of loss and self-realisation. The novel focuses on the final moment before actual emotional maturity when dreams either become flowers of brilliance or cold ashes. The novel describes the cold hand of fate as it swings between both extremes. Olu Ray eventually survives at the price of the abrupt loss of his innocence. The book teems with colourful characters and the blistering heat of the physical terrain appears to mirrors the lush sexuality on display. It explores the nature of taboo, the frustrations caused by it and the compulsions it provokes. In Sanya Osha's telling, society seems to be on the verge of irreparable breakdown but somehow manages to pull itself back from the abyss. The tension that runs through the novel is relentless but then, there is also much tenderness and subtlety that balances everything out. This is unquestionably a feat of powerful artistry. It deservedly won the Association of Nigerian Authors' Prize for prose in 1992. |