Moving between Ghana and London, Holdis an intimate, moving, powerful coming- of-age novel. It's a story of friendship and family, shame and forgiveness; of learning what we should cling to, and when we need to let go.
Michael Donkor Livres
Le roman d'entrée de Michael Donkor explore des thèmes qui lui sont profondément personnels, reflétant un engagement profond envers la littérature et son étude. Ayant étudié l'anglais à Oxford et l'écriture créative à Royal Holloway, il apporte une riche formation académique à son œuvre. Son écriture offre une perspective unique, enrichissant la littérature contemporaine de sa voix distinctive. L'exploration du roman sur les sujets choisis est à la fois perspicace et résonnante.
'Michael Donkor is a real talent' Sarah Winman, author of Still Life Bright and precocious ten-year-old Kwame Akromah knows how to behave. He knows the importance of good manners, how to stay at the top of the class and out of the way when his mother and father are angry with each other. But when his charismatic cousin Yaw arrives from Ghana to live with the family while he looks for work, the rules Kwame has learned about the world can no longer guide him. Twenty years later, Kwame is a secondary-school teacher, popular with his students and depended on by his friends. His is a life spent elegantly weaving between the classroom, the labyrinth of Grindr politics and increasingly intermittent visits to his parents' home. Behind the confident façade, however, he is as driven by caution as he was as a boy. But when electrifying changemaker Marcus Felix is appointed as headteacher, Kwame must reckon with himself as he never has before. Can he face the ghosts of his childhood? How will he learn to move through the world without losing who he is? And where does existing stop and living begin? Grow Where They Fall is a beautifully written, spirited and deeply moving novel about a young man finding the courage to expand the limits of who he might become, from the acclaimed author of Hold.
