The Dragonfly Sea

Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor (author)

A magical novel of love, exploration and home, spanning the East African coast, China, Turkey and the seas in between, from one of Kenya’s leading writers.
The Dragonfly Sea follows the unforgettable Ayaana’s journey to adulthood after her small-island childhood is interrupted. Targeted first by religious fundamentalists and second by Chinese emissaries, Ayaana is sent on a container ship to study in China, where she is forced to grow up fast.
With its epic scope and lush lyricism, Owuor evokes a fascinating kind of beauty in this dangerous, chaotic world and its ever-shifting oceans and trade. A transcendent story of love and adventure, and of the inexorable need for shelter in a dangerous world.

Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor was born in Kenya. She is the author of Dust, which was shortlisted for the Folio Prize. Winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing (2003), she has twice received an Iowa International Writers Fellowship and was shortlisted for the FT/Oppenheimer Funds Emerging Voices award. Her work has appeared in McSweeney’s and other publications, and she has twice been a TEDx speaker (Nairobi and Euston). She has been a resident and fellow in several places including the Lannan Foundation and the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. She spends most of her time in Nairobi, Kenya.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ September Publishing (7 July 2022)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 496 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9781914613081
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.9 x 3.3 x 12.7 cm