GraceLand
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| GraceLand | |
|---|---|
 First edition hardcover | |
| Author | Chris Abani |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date | February 15, 2004 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 336 pp |
| ISBN | 0-374-16589-0 |
GraceLand is a 2004 novel by Chris Abani, which tells the story of a teenager named Elvis, who is trying to get out of the ghettos of Lagos, Nigeria.[1]
It received the 2005 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award[2] and Hurston-Wright Legacy Award, was the Silver Medalist for the California Book Award, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and Commonwealth Writers Prize,[1] and was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "UCR Visiting Professor Wins Prestigious Hemingway/PEN Fiction Award: Chris Abani’s GraceLand Also Nominated for Los Angeles Times Honor", U California Riverside Newsroom, 18 March 2005; accessed 5 Aug 2010.
- ↑ List of Hemingway Award winners, accessed 5 Aug 2010.
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