A review by lizmart88
And After Many Days, by Jowhor Ile
3.0
If there's a theme to this book it's the futility of life and also the beauty of randomness.
The story centers around two parents and their three children - Paul, Bibi, and Ajie living in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. They are like many other families. The children have squabbles and fights. They adore their father but sometimes push back. They are living an ordinary life.
In the first chapter, told from Ajie's pov, you learn that one day, Paul, on the cusp of going to college, leaves the house and doesn't return. The story shifts back and forth as Ajie remembers their life and searches for meaning in his disappearance, and answers.
It's beautifully written. Not terribly much happens, but it's an honest portrait of a family. The children's petty squabbles but also adoration for their older brother Paul felt so real, I felt like I knew them.
The story centers around two parents and their three children - Paul, Bibi, and Ajie living in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. They are like many other families. The children have squabbles and fights. They adore their father but sometimes push back. They are living an ordinary life.
In the first chapter, told from Ajie's pov, you learn that one day, Paul, on the cusp of going to college, leaves the house and doesn't return. The story shifts back and forth as Ajie remembers their life and searches for meaning in his disappearance, and answers.
It's beautifully written. Not terribly much happens, but it's an honest portrait of a family. The children's petty squabbles but also adoration for their older brother Paul felt so real, I felt like I knew them.