Freshwater -

Akwaeke Emezi

Faber & Faber

2018

240 páginas

8h 0m

ISBN-13: 9780571345397

An extraordinary debut novel, Freshwater explores the surreal experience of having a fractured self. It centers around a young Nigerian woman, Ada, who develops separate selves within her as a result of being born "with one foot on the other side." Unsettling, heartwrenching, dark, and powerful, Freshwater is a sharp evocation of a rare way of experiencing the world, one that illuminates how we all construct our identities.

Ada begins her life in the south of Nigeria as a troubled baby and a source of deep concern to her family. Her parents, Saul and Saachi, successfully prayed her into existence, but as she grows into a volatile and splintered child, it becomes clear that something went terribly awry. When Ada comes of age and moves to America for college, the group of selves within her grows in power and agency. A traumatic assault leads to a crystallization of her alternate selves: Asụghara and Saint Vincent. As Ada fades into the background of her own mind and these selves--now protective, now hedonistic--move into control, Ada's life spirals in a dark and dangerous direction.

Told from the perspective of the various selves within Ada, and closely based on the author's own personal experiences, Freshwater explores the metaphysics of identity and mental health, plunging the reader into the mystery of being and self. Freshwater dazzles with ferocious energy and serpentine grace, heralding the arrival of a fierce new literary voice.

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Nunca imaginei que poderia ler um livro com um assunto desses abordado e as vezes é por isso que é tão bom chegar em livros sem saber nada sobre eles. Lindo, único, doloroso e esclarecedor, com certeza um livro que me ensinou muito (mesmo sendo um livro que parece ser extremamente dificil de entender no começo, ele simplesmente te suga) e que eu vou guardar pra sempre em mim