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This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Novellas are works of prose fiction longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. Several novellas have been recognized as among the best examples of the literary form. Publishers and literary award societies typically consider a ...
The novella influenced the development of the short story and the novel throughout Europe. [8] In the late 19th century Henry James was one of the first English language critics to use the term novella for a story that was longer and more complex than a short story, but shorter than a novel. [7]
Binti is an Africanfuturist science fiction novella by Nigerian American writer Nnedi Okorafor. [1] [2] The novella was published in 2015 by Tor.com. Binti is the first novella in Okorafor's Binti novella series. [3] Binti won multiple prominent literary awards, including the Hugo Award for Best Novella and the Nebula Award for Best Novella.
No Longer at Ease is a 1960 novel by Chinua Achebe.It is the story of an Igbo man, Obi Okonkwo, who leaves his village for an education in Britain and then a job in the Colonial Nigeria civil service, but is conflicted between his African culture and Western lifestyle and ends up taking a bribe.
Novella – a written, fictional, prose narrative normally longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. Parable – a succinct, didactic story, in prose or verse, which illustrates one or more instructive lessons or principles. Play – a story that is told mostly through dialogue and is meant to be performed on stage.
His short story Flying was shortlisted again in 2015. [44] His first novel Born on a Tuesday was published in 2016 and traces the shaping of adolescents through experiences of violence. [ 45 ] He was shortlisted for the NLNG Literary Award, Nigeria's most prestigious literary prize, and shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Award in ...
Ifeoma Mokwugo Okoye // ⓘ born on 21st December (possibly in 1937) is a Nigerian novelist. She has been referred to by fans as "the most important female novelist from Nigeria after Flora Nwapa and Buchi Emecheta," according to Oyekan Owomoyela. [1] She was born in Anambra State in Eastern Region, Nigeria. [2]
Jagua Nana is a 1961 novel by Nigerian novelist Cyprian Ekwensi. [1] The novel was later republished in 1975 as part of the influential Heinemann African Writers Series. The novel focuses on the contradictions within the life of an aging sex worker, the title character Jagua Nana. [2] The novel is set in the city of Lagos. [3]