![]() ![]() " Kintu is a masterpiece, an absolute gem, the great Ugandan novel you didn't know you were waiting for."- Aaron Bady, The New Inquiry "With a novel that is inventive in scope, masterful in execution, she does for Ugandan literature what Chinua Achebe did for Nigerian writing."- Lesley Nneka Arimah, Guardian "Magisterial."- The New York Review of Books One of those great stories that was just waiting to be told."- Marlon James This is a collection to savor in bits and bite-sized portions there are too many pungencies to swallow in one gulp."- New York Journal of Books "Time after time, Makumbi succeeds in making the familiar strange, as well as the reverse. ![]() "Readers will savor Makumbi's explorations of characters caught between Uganda and England and the cultural forces of immigration, making for a thoughtful, eloquent collection."- Publishers Weekly is the same as the argument for its more universal power: the way Makumbi can take two countries and still make their intersections feel like exactly the stories we all need."- Los Angeles Times ![]() There is Uganda, and there is Britain, and then all the miles in between. "Men behave badly in these stories, women suffer or negotiate for power, families bicker and try to cooperate. ![]()
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