Saturday, October 31, 2009

Giveaway: Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan-Audiobook


Thanks to Anna of Hachette Book Group, I am giving away 3 copies!

Product Description:

Uwem Akpan's stunning stories humanize the perils of poverty and violence so piercingly that few readers will feel they've ever encountered Africa so immediately. The eight-year-old narrator of "An Ex-Mas Feast" needs only enough money to buy books and pay fees in order to attend school. Even when his twelve-year-old sister takes to the streets to raise these meager funds, his dream can't be granted. Food comes first. His family lives in a street shanty in Nairobi, Kenya, but their way of both loving and taking advantage of each other strikes a universal chord.

In the second of his stories published in a New Yorker special fiction issue, Akpan takes us far beyond what we thought we knew about the tribal conflict in Rwanda. The story is told by a young girl, who, with her little brother, witnesses the worst possible scenario between parents. They are asked to do the previously unimaginable in order to protect their children. This singular collection will also take the reader inside Nigeria, Benin, and Ethiopia, revealing in beautiful prose the harsh consequences for children of life in Africa.
Akpan's voice is a literary miracle, rendering lives of almost unimaginable deprivation and terror into stories that are nothing short of transcendent.

I reviewed one of the short stories, An Ex-Mas Feast by Uwen Akpan , which is in this book.

About the Author:

Uwem Akpan was born in Ikot Akpan Eda in southern Nigeria. After studying philosophy and English at Creighton and Gonzaga universities, he studied theology for three years at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa. He was ordained as a Jesuit priest in 2003 and received his MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan in 2006. "My Parents' Bedroom," a story from his short story collection, Say You're One of Them, was one of five short stories by African writers chosen as finalists for The Caine Prize for African Writing 2007.

Here are the rules:

1. For one entry, leave a comment on my review of An Ex-Mas Feast by Uwen Akpan  and then come back to this post and leave a comment confirming that you left a comment on the review. You must do this to be entered! Please be sure to include your email address (if it isn't available in your profile), so that I can contact you if you win. If I can't find your email either in the comments or your profile, you will be disqualified!

2. For two more entries, post about this giveaway on your blog and leave link to your blog post in the comments. You will also get an entry for each person who tells me that they learned about this
giveaway from you.

3. For another 5 more entries: Become a Follower of my blog or subscribe to my blog through Google Reader or other subscription service. If you are already a subscriber or follower you still get the
five extra entries! Please do not comment that you are a follower five times! I will give you the extra entries myself. I will delete any extra entries that you make as it will just confuse me when I go to pick the winners.

Sorry, the giveaway is only open US and Canadian residents only.

The winner’s mailing address: NO P.O. Boxes.

Only one entry per household/IP address.

This giveaway will end on Saturday November th 14th, 11:59 P.M. E.S.T. The winners will be notified by email, so remember to include your email address in the comments, if it isn't available in your profile! Winners must respond within three days or will be disqualified.

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13 comments:

No need to enter me. I'm dropping in to say thanks for the e-mail. I've got this posted at Win a Book for you.

Susan Helene Gottfried said... November 3, 2009 at 10:09 AM  

need some winter comforting,,thx for the contest..
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Anonymous said... November 3, 2009 at 12:33 PM  

Please enter me for this one. thanks

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Esme said... November 5, 2009 at 7:50 AM  

I follow

+ 5

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Esme said... November 7, 2009 at 7:29 AM  

Posted the giveaway here: chocolateandcroissants.blogspot.com/2009_11_01_archive.html#1473221498948102767

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Esme said... November 7, 2009 at 7:33 AM  

Great giveaway; I am a follower:

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(Diane) Bibliophile By the Sea said... November 7, 2009 at 11:05 AM  

please enter me...i posted :)

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Anonymous said... November 10, 2009 at 11:23 AM  

Commented on the review post...
+2 blogged about this: http://winningreadings.blogspot.com/2009/11/say-youre-one-of-them-audiobook_12.html
+5 follower

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Winning Readings said... November 12, 2009 at 6:48 AM  

I left a comment on your review.
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Melanie said... November 12, 2009 at 8:52 AM  

I left a comment.

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Anonymous said... November 12, 2009 at 2:26 PM  

I left a comment on my review of An Ex-Mas Feast by Uwen Akpan~Thanks!

Deb K said... November 12, 2009 at 4:20 PM  

+5 I follow you with Google

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Deb K said... November 12, 2009 at 4:23 PM  

I left a comment. Please enter my name in your draw. Thanks.

Anonymous said... November 13, 2009 at 11:18 AM  

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