Imbolo Mbue is the author of the New York Times bestseller
Behold the Dreamers, which won the PEN/Faulkner Award for
Fiction and was an Oprah's Book Club selection. The novel has been
translated into eleven languages, adapted into an opera and a stage
play, and optioned for a miniseries. A native of Limbe, Cameroon,
Mbue lives in New York.
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'Sweeping and quietly devastating . . . In Kosawa, Mbue has created
a place and a people alive with emotional range . . . Profoundly
affecting' - New York Times
'The unforgettable story of a community on the wrong end of Western
greed, How Beautiful We Were will enthral you, appal you and
show you what is possible when a few people stand up and say "this
is not right". A masterful novel by a spellbinding writer engaged
with the most urgent questions of our day' - DAVID EBERSHOFF, New
York Times bestselling author of THE DANISH GIRL
'Imbolo Mbue would be a formidable storyteller anywhere, in any
language. It's our good luck that she and her stories are American'
- JONATHAN FRANZEN
'A David and Goliath story for our times, a riveting tale of how
people coming together to make change can topple even the fiercest,
best-financed foe' - O, The Oprah Magazine
'How Beautiful We Were goes to the heart of one of the most
urgent matters of the day. The highly suspenseful story of an
African village's struggle for survival and justice in the face of
ruthless American corporate greed is written with remarkable acuity
and compassion. Mbue has given us a book with the richness and
power of a great contemporary fable, and a heroine for our time' -
SIGRID NUNEZ, author of THE FRIEND, winner of the National Book
Award
'Imbolo Mbue's revelatory novel of a fictional African village
ruined by Big Oil is a mighty addition to the stacks' - ELLE
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