When We Were Fireflies Explained

When We Were Fireflies is a literary fiction novel written by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim and published by Masobe Books in 2023.

Reception

Olukorede Yishau writing for The Lagos Review compared it favourably to Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude and Ben Okri's The Famished Road,[1] praising "his precise and elegant voice".[1] Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera of Open Country Mag gave it a 3.5 star rating, reviewing that it is "one of the best contemporary novels out of Nigeria".[2] Both Yishua and Chukwudera praised Ibrahim's prose-poetry style.[2] [1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A magical story of love, hate, redemption and forgiveness: A review of Abubakar Adam Ibrahim's When We Were Fireflies. Olukorede S .. Yishau. Olukorede Yishau. 14 May 2023. 17 August 2023. The Lagos Review.
  2. Web site: When We Were Fireflies, Reviewed: Memory and the Multitudes of Living. 10 June 2023. Michael Chiedoziem. Chukwudera. Open Country Mag. 17 August 2023.

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