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Lamentation : an immigrant's dilemma / Cyril U. Orji.
- Title
- Lamentation : an immigrant's dilemma / Cyril U. Orji.
- Author
- Orji, Cyril U.
- Publication
- Matawan, NJ : C.U. Orji, c1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PS3565.R56 L36 1999 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 301 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- This novel portrays a Nigerian-American family's search for equilibrium between African and American culture. The family strives to keep their Nigerian culture alive in a country where immigrants are quickly assimilated and Americanized.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Domestic fiction
- Domestic fiction.
- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Psychological fiction.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. Ikem's assignment -- 2. Homeless refugees -- 3. Coal Camp -- 4. City life -- 5. Christmas in Coal Camp -- 6. Christmas in Amuvi Arochuku -- 7. To the white man's country -- 8. The center of the world -- 9. Learning the rules -- 10. Troubled mind -- 11. Naija women -- 12. Home again -- 13. Iba medicine -- 14. Wedding obstacles -- 15. Following the river -- 16. Lay-away bride -- 17. The Naija bride in America -- 18. The rules of parenting -- 19. Ikem's baptism -- 20. Ogbono soup -- 21. Family vacation -- 22. Nigerian-American children -- 23. Nigerian heart, American body -- 24. The good old days -- 25. The new yam festival -- 26. Pary time -- Glossary of selected Igbo words and phrases -- About the author.
- ISBN
- 0967065704 (pbk.)
- 0967065712 (hard cover)
- LCCN
- ^^^99093173^
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library