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Department of general studies cross river university of technology calabar, nigeria corresponding author. He worked as a lecturer and journalist in nigeria before moving in 2002 to england, where he was a chevening scholar at the university of east anglia, and now teaches creative writing at george mason university, washington, d. The full text was published as a novel in the uk under the title waiting for an angel in 2002. In helon habila s powerful first novel, the journalist and poet lomba is warned by a colleague that, even if he finishes the. Set five years earlier in a neighborhood of lagos known as poverty street, waiting for an angel follows the desperate and dangerous days of a young man named lomba who aspires to be a novelist despite general sani abacha. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Helon habila is the author of oil on water, measuring time, waiting for an angel, andthe chibok girls. Oct 05, 20 nigerian writer helon habila talks about his first novel waiting for an angel that won the commonwealth prize for best first novel africa section in 2003. What other reasons might he have had for choosing to construct his novel in this fashion. Pdf this paper examines helon habilas waiting for an angel in the context of niyi osundares thesis of. His debut novel, waiting for an angel 2002, was originally written as a series of short stories the first of which, published as prison stories, won him the prestigious caine prize for african writing. Waiting for an angel won the commonwealth prize for best first book, african region, in 2003.
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He studied literature at the university of jos and taught at the federal polytechnic bauchi, before. Helon habila s vivid, exciting, and heartwrenching debut opens a window onto a world in some ways familiarwith its sensuously depicted streets, student life, and vibrant local charactersyet ruled by one of the worlds most corrupt and oppressive regimes, a scandal that ultimately drives lomba to take a risk in the name of something greater. But his roommate goes mad and is beaten up by soldiers, his first love is forced to marry a man she doesnt love, and his. Matching the chaos that rapid changes of power mainly by military coups must have created, the novel avoids taking a more conventional approach to its story. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Waiting for an angel ebook by helon habila 9780141954806. Waiting for an angel has been translated into many languages including dutch, italian, swedish, and french. Waiting for an angel by helon habila africa book club. While habila has said that constructing the book in this way allowed him a sense of achievement as he completed each section, the. Poet and prose fiction writer helon habila studied literature at the university of jos and lectured for three years at the federal polytechnic, bauchi, before going to lagos to write for hints magazine extracts from his collection of short stories, prison stories, were published in nigeria in 2000.