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Comment: It's kinda short, please expand more and also do Hoary what they said. ROY is WAR Talk! 15:27, 24 December 2025 (UTC)
- Comment: This is promising, but. . . .Quote:
The Guardian also dubbed it a magical debut
No it didn't. Writing in The Guardian, Lizzy Attree dubbed it "a magical debut". Please aim for precision.Attree says much more about the novel, too. Your draft needn't be fully developed, but you might summarize (and, where helpful to the reader, quote) more of what Attree says.Similarly, it's not so much that Brittle Paper said something; more that, writing in Brittle Paper, Ainehi Edoro did.And references should not be "Bare URLs". -- Hoary (talk) 08:15, 24 December 2025 (UTC)
| Author | Okwiri Oduor |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Scribner and One World |
Publication date | April 12, 2022 by Scribner |
| Pages | 368 |
| ISBN | 9781982102579 |
Things They Lost is a novel by Okwiri Oduor published in 2022 [1] . Okwiri Oduor blends magical realism and Afro-post-colonial narratives in a whimsical blend of prose in The Things They Lost. The novel follows Ayosa, a 12-year-old girl [2] who has special abilities to see the past, the things people have lost, and magical occurrences. Ayosa is a girl who has to live with an avoidant mother. Ayosa struggles with her vision, wraiths, her mother's reluctance and avoidance, and the perks of growing up in a peculiar post-colonial small town. She finds new friends and a new sister in the end.
Reception
editThe Things They Lost has received several accolades from literary critics and magazines. Aniehi Edoro for the Brittle Paper describes "The Things They Lost" as an achingly beautiful book [3], Writing in The Guardian, Lizzy Atree dubbed it a magical debut, highlighting the author's decision to highlight a matrilineal history, rather than a patrilineal one, despite being imperfect and dark. The book was named the Most Anticipated Book by Vogue and Vulture in 2022 [4]. The Things They Lost Was Nominated For The 2023 Thomas Dylan Prize. [5]
References
edit- ↑ Goods Reads Page- The Things They Lost by Okwiri Oduor retrieved December 12, 2025,
- ↑ Things They Lost by Okwiri Oduor: A Magical Debut retrieved December 12, 2025,
- ↑ The Writing is Magic: Review of The Things They Lost by Aniehi Edoro retrieved December 12, 2025,
- ↑ Things They Lost by Okwiri Oduor-Perlego Free Preview retrieved December 12, 2025,
- ↑ Things They Lost Longlisted For The Dylan Thomas Prize retrieved December 12, 2025,
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