Alien stories /
Osondu, E. C.,
Alien stories / by E. C. Osondu. - First edition. - 176 pages ; 21 cm. - American reader series ; no. 36 . - American reader series ; v. 36. .
"Celebrated Nigerian-born writer E.C. Osondu delivers a short-story collection of nimble dexterity and startling originality in his BOA Short Fiction Prize-winning Alien Stories. These eighteen startling stories, each centered around an encounter with the unexpected, explore what it means to be an alien. With a nod to the dual meaning of alien as both foreigner and exterrestrial, Osondu turns familiar science-fiction tropes and immigration narratives on their heads, blending one with the other to call forth a whirlwind of otherness. With wry observations about society and human nature, in shifting landscapes from Africa to America to outer space and back again, Alien Stories breaks down the concept of foreignness to reveal what unites us all as 'aliens' within a complex and interconnected universe."--
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Aliens--Fiction.
Immigrants--Fiction.
Extraterrestrial beings--Fiction.
Short stories.
Science fiction.
Social problem fiction.
Alien stories / by E. C. Osondu. - First edition. - 176 pages ; 21 cm. - American reader series ; no. 36 . - American reader series ; v. 36. .
"Celebrated Nigerian-born writer E.C. Osondu delivers a short-story collection of nimble dexterity and startling originality in his BOA Short Fiction Prize-winning Alien Stories. These eighteen startling stories, each centered around an encounter with the unexpected, explore what it means to be an alien. With a nod to the dual meaning of alien as both foreigner and exterrestrial, Osondu turns familiar science-fiction tropes and immigration narratives on their heads, blending one with the other to call forth a whirlwind of otherness. With wry observations about society and human nature, in shifting landscapes from Africa to America to outer space and back again, Alien Stories breaks down the concept of foreignness to reveal what unites us all as 'aliens' within a complex and interconnected universe."--
9781950774319 1950774317
2020048760
GBC161201 bnb
020164355 Uk
Aliens--Fiction.
Immigrants--Fiction.
Extraterrestrial beings--Fiction.
Short stories.
Science fiction.
Social problem fiction.