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Things They Lost

by Okwiri Oduor · 2022

Magical Realism · ranked #20 in category

Ayosa is a wandering spirit--joyous, exuberant, filled to the brim with longing. Her only companions in her grandmother's crumbling house are as lonely as Ayosa herself: the ghostly Fatumas, whose eye

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Category
Magical Realism
First published
2022 · 2020s
Author
Okwiri Oduor
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