No writer wants the defining trait of his or her novel to be that it reminds critics and readers of other best-selling and/or critically acclaimed novels. The Nigerian writer Chinelo Okparanta’s debut novel, Under the Udala Trees, does this from the first page… actually from the very first sentence. I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills. The equator runs … Continue reading Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta