THE EXTINCTION OF MENAI: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 09894518C00001
English Summary/英文概要： In a novel of stunning scope, Chuma Nwokolo moves across time and place to deliver a story that speaks to urgent contemporary concerns. His characters’ indelible voices offer perspectives that are simultaneously global, political, and intimately human.
The place at The Extinction of Menai’s heart is the Niger delta village of Kreektown, even as the action spans continents. The cause of the trouble is an unethical drug trial administered to Kreektown residents―the fictional Menai people―in the early 1980s. And the unfolding tragedy is the looming end, decades later, of the Menai and their culture. Characters include continents-apart twin brothers separated at birth, an excommunicated Menai daughter living an urbane life with her doctor husband, and an infamous vigilante. And there is spiritual leader Mata Nimito, who retraces their ancient migration on his quest to preserve the soul of his people and resolve the consequences of a centuries-old betrayal.
This epic for the modern era encompasses bioethics, language extinction, and Nigerian history and diaspora. Nwokolo confronts power relations between large corporations and small communities, corporate lobbies and governments, and big pharma and consumers, all expressed through the competing narratives that record the life and death of a civilization.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在一本令人震惊的小说中，朱玛•恩沃科洛跨越了时间和地点，讲述了一个关于当代紧迫问题的故事。他笔下的人物不可磨灭的声音提供了兼具全球、政治和人性的视角。
梅奈人的心脏消失的地方是尼日尔三角洲的克瑞克镇，尽管这一行动跨越了大陆。造成这一问题的原因是，在20世纪80年代初，一种不道德的药物试验，由克瑞克镇的居民——虚构的梅奈人——实施。而这场正在上演的悲剧，是几十年后的梅奈人及其文化的终结。角色包括在出生时分开的一对双胞胎兄弟，一个被逐出的梅奈人的女儿和她的医生丈夫生活在一起，还有一个臭名昭著的义务警员。还有精神领袖玛塔•倪米拓，他追溯了他们的古代移民，以保护他的人民的灵魂，并解决一个世纪的背叛所带来的后果。
现代的史诗包括生物伦理学、语言灭绝、尼日利亚历史和海外移民。恩沃科洛面临着大型企业与小型社区、企业游说团体和政府、大型制药公司和消费者之间的权力关系，所有这些都是通过描述一个文明的生命与死亡的相互竞争的叙述来表达的。（WYL）
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About the Author/作者介绍： 朱玛•恩沃科洛的书包括勒索钱财，危险的继承，在加尔波因特的非洲传奇故事，路途轶事，一个死亡的非洲人的日记，萨尼•阿巴查的鬼魂，如何拼写纳迦系列短篇小说(1 & 2)他已经出版了两个诗集,记忆的石头和最后一个小神的见证。他的故事出版在伦敦书评、国际米兰、阿吉尼和其他地方。作为一名贸易律师，他创立了“布里贝德”良好的治理运动。
Chuma Nwokolo’s books include The Extortionist, Dangerous Inheritance, African Tales at Jailpoint, One More Tale for the Road, Diaries of a Dead African, The Ghost of Sani Abacha, and How to Spell Naija in 100 Short Stories (1 & 2) He has published two poetry collections, Memories of Stone and The Final Testament of a Minor God. His stories have appeared in the London Review of Books, La Internazionale, AGNI, and elsewhere. A lawyer by trade, he founded the Bribecode good governance campaign.
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