Book Launch & Reading: Professor Chigozie Obioma's The Road to the Country 

The University of Georgia Creative Writing Program is excited to welcome our newest faculty member, Chigozie Obioma! On September 12th, we hosted a book launch and reading at Cine with a standing-room only crowd!
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"A sweeping, heartracing, mystical novel about a university student in Lagos who must save his brother, and himself, amid the chaos of Nigeria's civil war-a story of love, friendship, and family by the two-time Booker Prize finalist and 'the heir to Chinua Achebe'" -New York Times
"Chigozie Obioma is that rare thing: an original. His world is a mix of the real and the folkloric, and his writing sounds like no one else’s." -Wall Street Journal
The story of a young man seeking redemption in a country on fire, Chigozie Obioma’s novel is an odyssey of brotherhood, love, and unimaginable courage set during one of the most devastating conflicts in the history of Africa. Intertwining myth and realism into a thrilling, inspired, and emotionally powerful novel, The Road to the Country is the masterpiece of Chigozie Obioma, a writer Salman Rushdie calls "a major voice" in literature.