{"product_id":"death-of-the-author-a-novel-isbn-9780063391161","title":"Death of the Author: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2026 NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRecommended by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e• \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e • \u003cb\u003eNPR • \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e• \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e• \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReader's Digest\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e• \u003cb\u003eand more!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“This one has it all.” — George R.R. Martin • “As delicious as it is disorienting.” — Zakiya Dalila Harris • “Suspenseful, timely, and heartfelt.” — \u003ci\u003ePeople \u003c\/i\u003e• “Mind-bending.” — \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this exhilarating tale by\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling and award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor, a disabled Nigerian American woman pens a wildly successful Sci-Fi novel, but as her fame rises, she loses control of the narrative—a surprisingly cutting, yet heartfelt drama about art and love, identity and connection, and, ultimately, what makes us human. This is a story unlike anything you’ve read before.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe future of storytelling is here. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisabled, disinclined to marry, and more interested in writing than a lucrative career in medicine or law, Zelu has always felt like the outcast of her large Nigerian family. Then her life is upended when, in the middle of her sister’s lavish Caribbean wedding, she’s unceremoniously fired from her university job and, to add insult to injury, her novel is rejected by yet another publisher. With her career and dreams crushed in one fell swoop, she decides to write something just for herself. What comes out is nothing like the quiet, literary novels that have so far peppered her unremarkable career. It’s a far-future epic where androids and AI wage war in the grown-over ruins of human civilization. She calls it \u003ci\u003eRusted Robots.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Zelu finds the courage to share her strange novel, she does not realize she is about to embark on a life-altering journey—one that will catapult her into literary stardom, but also perhaps obliterate everything her book was meant to be. From Chicago to Lagos to the far reaches of space, Zelu’s novel will change the future not only for humanity, but for the robots who come next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA book-within-a-book that blends the line between writing and being written, \u003ci\u003eDeath of the Author \u003c\/i\u003eis a masterpiece of metafiction that manages to combine the razor-sharp commentary of \u003ci\u003eYellowface\u003c\/i\u003e with the heartfelt humanity of \u003ci\u003eTomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e. Surprisingly funny, deeply poignant, and endlessly discussable, this is at once the tale of a woman on the margins risking everything to be heard and a testament to the power of storytelling to shape the world as we know it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“An ambitious, inventive tribute to the power of storytelling itself.” \u003c\/b\u003e— \u003cb\u003eNikki Erlick, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Measure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A deeply felt dazzle. A blaze. It is true deep to the bones.” — Luis Alberto Urrea, Pulitzer Prize finalist and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe House of Broken Angels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"There’s more vivid imagination in a page of Nnedi Okorafor’s work than in whole volumes.\" — Ursula K. Le Guin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"Don’t be frightened by the title. Nnedi Okorafor is fine… and doing her best work yet. \u003cem\u003eDeath of the Author\u003c\/em\u003e reads like three novels in one, or maybe four, about fame and family, culture and change, the power of story, the writer’s life… and robots. This one has it all.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge R.R. Martin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Nnedi Okorafor is one of my favorite authors in this or any other world.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeVar Burton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Spellbinding… As delicious as it is disorienting.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eZakiya Dalila Harris, New York Times bestselling author of The Other Back Girl, in the New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A genre-defying metafictional experiment . . . Mind-bending.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review, Alexandra Alter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fans of masterful storytelling should definitely check out \u003cem\u003eDeath of The Author\u003c\/em\u003e by Nnedi Okarafor. It blends genres in the most perfect way to be a suspenseful, timely and heartfelt read. I can’t wait for \u003cem\u003eeveryone\u003c\/em\u003e to read this book!”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Magazine, Monique Richburg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I was captivated by the story—and the many stories-within-the-story—of this ambitious, inventive tribute to the power of storytelling itself.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNikki Erlick, New York Times bestselling author of The Measure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Nnedi Okorafor is so ferociously talented that we are starting to see she cannot be boxed into any category or genre. Her new novel, \u003cem\u003eDeath of the Author\u003c\/em\u003e, is a deeply felt dazzle. A blaze. It is true deep to the bones.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLuis Alberto Urrea, Pulitzer Prize finalist and bestselling author of The House of Broken Angels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There’s more vivid imagination in a page of Nnedi Okorafor’s work than in whole volumes.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUrsula K. Le Guin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Okorafor's book bounces between the novel (about the writer) and the novel-within-the novel (about the robots), and the result is an ambitious blend of genres.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book will keep you guessing until the last chapter.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of her most revealing, deeply felt, and insightful novels to date.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLocus magazine, Gary K. Wolfe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An impressive feat of Africanfuturism.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Metafiction at its finest… equal parts sharp social commentary and deeply human storytelling.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReaders Digest (Editor’s Pick)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A captivating Möbius strip of literary SF.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Okorafor explores what it means to be human. . . . All-out Okorafor – her best yet.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eDeath of the Author\u003c\/em\u003e explores . . . conservationism, Africanfuturism, and what a world without humans could look like. The focus on the near future and the issues that Zelu faces give the postapocalyptic \u003cem\u003eRusted Robots\u003c\/em\u003e a greater urgency. Her desire to live life on her own terms will engage readers who love to watch protagonists grow. Highly recommended for fans of Octavia Butler, Nicky Drayden, and Tade Thompson. . . . [Okarofor’s] latest book-within-a-book will attract genre and literary fiction fans alike.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A remarkable exploration of storytelling, fame and the Nigerian American experience, \u003cem\u003eDeath of the Author\u003c\/em\u003e surprises all the way to its brilliant ending.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Her work is] irresistible to readers. Her nearly two dozen works of fiction have earned Okorafor a slew of honors—four Hugos, a Nebula, a World Fantasy Award. And a new generation of American storytellers who explicitly use their African heritage, history and mythology to inspire their work have followed in her wake, including Tomi Adeyemi, Ayana Gray, Jordan Ifueko and Namina Forna. . . . Connection is the heartbeat of Okorafor’s work.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times, 12 African Artists Leading a Culture Renaissance Around the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of [Okorafor's] most revealing, deeply felt, and insightful novels to date.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLocus Magazine, Gary K. Wolfe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Absolutely brilliant. My heart and guts are all turned inside out.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars, on Who Fears Death\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It’s a cumulative narrative, a slow burn that builds in emotional urgency even as the scope of Okorafor’s worldbuilding bursts into something breathtakingly vast.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNPR on Remote Control\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Suspenseful, immersive, and chillingly relevant. Another stunning feat of imagination from Nnedi Okorafor.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House, on Like Thunder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fresh, original, and smart. We need more writers like her.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatrick Rothfuss, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Name of the Wind, on Akata Witch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A compact gem . . . 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