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Author | Arinze Ifeakandu |
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Language | English |
Genre | Fiction |
Publisher | A Public Space |
Publication date | 2022 |
Publication place | Nigeria |
Media type | Print (Paperback) |
Pages | 224 |
ISBN | 9781399606288 |
God's Children Are Little Broken Things is a short story collection written by Nigerian author Arinze Ifeakandu and published by A Public Space in 2022. It provides nine distinct "stories about the joys and tribulations of queer love in contemporary Nigeria". [1]
God's Children Are Little Broken Things won the 2023 Dylan Thomas Prize, as well as the inaugural Republic of Consciousness Prize.
In a starred review, Kirkus Reviews wrote that while "deftly capturing the richness and dangers of romantic connection," the stories in God's Children Are Little Broken Things "complicate and reimagine queer narratives". [1]
Publishers Weekly wrote, "An understated style reflects the characters’ tendency to avoid speaking directly about their relationships, which encourages close reading and elicits a strong sense of what it is like for the characters to endure the perils of being gay in Nigeria. The author leaves readers with a painful and powerful group portrait." [2]
Kirkus Reviews included God's Children Are Little Broken Things on their list of the best books of 2022. [1]
In 2022, God's Children Are Little Broken Things won the Story Prize Spotlight Award [4] and was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize. [5]
The following year, it won the Dylan Thomas Prize, [6] [7] [8] as well as the inaugural Republic of Consciousness Prize. [9] It was also a finalist for the CLMP Firecracker Award [10] and the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction. [11] [12]