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Postcolonial novels
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The list Postcolonial novels includes
White Teeth, Second Class Citizen (book), Windward Heights, The Slave Girl (novel) and Exit West.
The list consists of 77 members
and 2 sublists.
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White Teeth
2000 novel by Zadie Smith
Overview: White Teeth is British author Zadie Smith's debut novel, published in 2000. It focuses on the later lives of two wartime friends—the Bangladeshi Samad Iqbal and the Englishman Archie Jones—and their f ...Release date: 17 September 2002Genre: Drama, ComedyDirector: Julian JarroldProducer: Nick Brown, Rebecca EatonWriter: Simon Burke, Zadie SmithIn 1970s England, cultures start to mix and cross with different experiences. Archie is contemplating suicide until he meets Clara...
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Wide Sargasso Sea
1966 novel by Jean Rhys
Overview: Wide Sargasso Sea is a 1966 novel by Dominican-British author Jean Rhys. The novel serves as a postcolonial and feminist prequel to Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre (1847), describing the background ... 0
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The Age of Magic
2014 novel by Ben Okri
Overview: The Age of Magic is a 2014 novel by Nigerian writer Ben Okri. It won the Bad Sex in Fiction Award in 2014. 0
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Second Class Citizen (book)
1974 novel
Overview: Second Class Citizen is a 1974 novel by Nigerian writer Buchi Emecheta. It was published in London, England, by Allison and Busby and subsequently in the United States in 1975 by George Braziller. Often ... 0
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The Slave Girl (novel)
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Overview: The Slave Girl is a 1977 novel by Nigerian writer Buchi Emecheta that was published in the UK by Allison and Busby and in the US by George Braziller. It won the Jock Campbell Award from the New Statesman ... 0
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Lokotown and Other Stories
1966 novel by Cyprian Ekwensi
Overview: Lokotown and Other Stories is a collections of nine short stories by Nigerian author Cyprian Ekwensi, it was published in 1966 as the 19th volume in the African Writers Series. Looking at Nigerian city ... 0
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United States of Banana
Post-911 dramatic novel
Overview: United States of Banana (2011) is a postmodern allegorical novel by the Puerto Rican author Giannina Braschi. It is a cross-genre work that blends experimental theatre, prose poetry, short story, and ... 0
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River of Smoke
novel by Amitav Ghosh
Overview: River of Smoke (2011) is a novel by Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh. It is the second volume of the Ibis trilogy. 0
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Sea of Poppies
2008 book by Amitav Ghosh
Overview: Sea of Poppies (2008) is a novel by Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2008. It is the first volume of the Ibis trilogy. In the words of Rajnish Mishra, "the ... 0
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Half of a Yellow Sun
2006 novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Overview: Half of a Yellow Sun is a 2006 novel by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. It is Adichie's second novel. The novel was first published in London by 4th Estate on 1 January 2006. 0
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Purple Hibiscus (novel)
2003 novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Overview: Purple Hibiscus is the first novel by the Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. It portrays Kambili Achike, a 15 year old Nigerian teenage girl who struggles in the shadow of her father, Eugene. Eugene ... 0
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Nervous Conditions
1988 novel by Tsitsi Dangarembga
Overview: Nervous Conditions is a novel by Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga, first published in the United Kingdom in 1988. It was the first book published by a black woman from Zimbabwe in English. Nervous ... 0
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Overview: Waiting for the Barbarians is a novel by the South African writer J. M. Coetzee. First published in 1980, it was chosen by Penguin for its series Great Books of the 20th Century and won both the James ... 0
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The Buddha of Suburbia (novel)
1990 novel by Hanif Kureishi
Overview: The Buddha of Suburbia (1990) is a novel by British Pakistani author Hanif Kureishi, which won the Whitbread Award for the best first novel. The novel has been translated into 20 languages and was also ... 0
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A Passage to India
1924 novel by E. M. Forster
Overview: A Passage to India is a 1924 novel by English author E. M. Forster set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in the 1920s. It was selected as one of the 100 great ... 0
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Midnight's Children
1981 novel by Salman Rushdie
Overview: Midnight's Children is the second novel by Indian-British writer Salman Rushdie, published by Jonathan Cape with cover design by Bill Botten, about India's transition from British colonial rule to ind ... 0
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The Inheritance of Loss
2006 book by Kiran Desai
Overview: The Inheritance of Loss is the second novel by Indian author Kiran Desai. It was first published in 2006. It won a number of awards, including the Booker Prize for that year, the National Book Critics ... 0
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The Fraud
2023 historical novel by Zadie Smith
Overview: The Fraud is a historical novel based on the Tichborne case written by Zadie Smith and published by Penguin Random House in 2023. 0
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Songs of Enchantment
1993 novel by Ben OkriOverview: Songs of Enchantment is a novel by Nigerian author Ben Okri, the second book in a trilogy that started with The Famished Road (1991) and continues with Infinite Riches (1998). It was published in London ... 0
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The Voice (novel)
1964 novel by Gabriel OkaraOverview: The Voice is a 1964 novel by Gabriel Okara which was published as part of the African Writers Series. 0
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