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4264833Foreign Gods, Inc.https://www.gandhi.com.mx/foreign-gods--inc-9781616953140/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2788672/6a3e1c3e-a94f-43f3-a967-aee2896c79a8.jpg?v=638384453756300000190232MXNSoho PressInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>From a disciple of the late Chinua Achebe comes a masterful and universally acclaimed novel that is at once a taut, literary thriller and an indictment of greeds power to subsume all things, including the sacred.</strong></p><p><em>Foreign Gods, Inc.,</em> tells the story of Ike, a New York-based Nigerian cab driver who sets out to steal the statue of an ancient war deity from his home village and sell it to a New York gallery.</p><p>Ikes plan is fueled by desperation. Despite a degree in economics from a major American college, his strong accent has barred him from the corporate world. Forced to eke out a living as a cab driver, he is unable to manage the emotional and material needs of a temperamental African American bride and a widowed mother demanding financial support. When he turns to gambling, his mounting losses compound his woes.</p><p>And so he travels back to Nigeria to steal the statue, where he has to deal with old friends, family, and a mounting conflict between those in the village who worship the deity, and those who practice Christianity.</p><p>A meditation on the dreams, promises and frustrations of the immigrant life in America; the nature and impact of religious conflicts; an examination of the ways in which modern culture creates or heightens infatuation with the "exotic," including the desire to own strange objects and hanker after ineffable illusions; and an exploration of the shifting nature of memory, <em>Foreign Gods</em> is a brilliant work of fiction that illuminates our globally interconnected world like no other.</p>...4200891Foreign Gods, Inc.190232https://www.gandhi.com.mx/foreign-gods--inc-9781616953140/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2788672/6a3e1c3e-a94f-43f3-a967-aee2896c79a8.jpg?v=638384453756300000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20149781616953140_W3siaWQiOiI3ZjQwNmZlZC0xZTI1LTQ1OTEtYjlhOS0yOTIxZTFhMmQzNGMiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjI0NiwiZGlzY291bnQiOjQ0LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjIwMiwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDUtMjRUMTM6MDA6MDBaIiwidG8iOiIyMDI1LTA2LTMwVDIzOjU5OjU5WiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9LHsiaWQiOiJhNTQyNTRjOC1mMzVlLTQzNTMtOTVkMS1iZjRmOWJlZDgxYTYiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjIzMiwiZGlzY291bnQiOjQyLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE5MCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDctMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781616953140_<p><strong>From a disciple of the late Chinua Achebe comes a masterful and universally acclaimed novel that is at once a taut, literary thriller and an indictment of greeds power to subsume all things, including the sacred.</strong></p><p><em>Foreign Gods, Inc.,</em> tells the story of Ike, a New York-based Nigerian cab driver who sets out to steal the statue of an ancient war deity from his home village and sell it to a New York gallery.</p><p>Ikes plan is fueled by desperation. Despite a degree in economics from a major American college, his strong accent has barred him from the corporate world. Forced to eke out a living as a cab driver, he is unable to manage the emotional and material needs of a temperamental African American bride and a widowed mother demanding financial support. When he turns to gambling, his mounting losses compound his woes.</p><p>And so he travels back to Nigeria to steal the statue, where he has to deal with old friends, family, and a mounting conflict between those in the village who worship the deity, and those who practice Christianity.</p><p>A meditation on the dreams, promises and frustrations of the immigrant life in America; the nature and impact of religious conflicts; an examination of the ways in which modern culture creates or heightens infatuation with the exotic, including the desire to own strange objects and hanker after ineffable illusions; and an exploration of the shifting nature of memory, <em>Foreign Gods</em> is a brilliant work of fiction that illuminates our globally interconnected world like no other.</p>(*_*)9781616953140_<p><strong>From a disciple of the late Chinua Achebe comes a masterful and universally acclaimed novel that is at once a taut, literary thriller and an indictment of greeds power to subsume all things, including the sacred.</strong></p><p><em>Foreign Gods, Inc.,</em> tells the story of Ike, a New York-based Nigerian cab driver who sets out to steal the statue of an ancient war deity from his home village and sell it to a New York gallery.</p><p>Ikes plan is fueled by desperation. Despite a degree in economics from a major American college, his strong accent has barred him from the corporate world. Forced to eke out a living as a cab driver, he is unable to manage the emotional and material needs of a temperamental African American bride and a widowed mother demanding financial support. When he turns to gambling, his mounting losses compound his woes.</p><p>And so he travels back to Nigeria to steal the statue, where he has to deal with old friends, family, and a mounting conflict between those in the village who worship the deity, and those who practice Christianity.</p><p>A meditation on the dreams, promises and frustrations of the immigrant life in America; the nature and impact of religious conflicts; an examination of the ways in which modern culture creates or heightens infatuation with the "exotic," including the desire to own strange objects and hanker after ineffable illusions; and an exploration of the shifting nature of memory, <em>Foreign Gods</em> is a brilliant work of fiction that illuminates our globally interconnected world like no other.</p>...9781616953140_Soho Presslibro_electonico_f37a7dbc-8f47-3472-9536-1857d6c785ed_9781616953140;9781616953140_9781616953140Okey NdibeInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/randomhousewh-epub-3c3fb180-eff7-4c8a-8d78-6a6bf6b54df5.epub2014-01-14T00:00:00+00:00Soho Press