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E.C. Osondu

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E. C. Osondu is a Nigerian writer known for his short stories. He received his MFA from Syracuse University and is the winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing and a Pushcart Prize. His fiction has appeared in The Atlantic, n+1, Guernica, and other publications. He teaches at Providence College in Rhode Island.

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Average rating: 3.72 · 1,257 ratings · 229 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Granta Book of the African Short Story by Helon Habila (Editor), Fatou Diome (Contributor), Laila Lalami (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.87 avg rating — 374 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This House is Not for Sale 3.52 avg rating — 259 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voice of America 3.67 avg rating — 201 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gods and Soldiers: The Penguin Anthology of Contemporary African Writing by Rob Spillman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chinua Achebe, Boubacar Boris Diop 3.73 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alien Stories 3.65 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quando il cielo vuole spuntano le stelle by E.C. Osondu, Gioia Guerzoni (Translator) 4.11 avg rating — 27 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When the Sky is Ready The Stars Will Appear 3.53 avg rating — 17 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Debriefing by E.C. Osondu, Meakin Armstrong (Foreword) it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voice of America: Stories 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dieses Haus ist nicht zu verkaufen (AfrikaAWunderhorn) by E.C. Osondu, Indra Wussow (editor), Maria Hummitzsch (translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Which book would you like to read for Western Africa in Nov/Dec 2018.
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So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ

18 votes, 48.6%

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah

9 votes, 24.3%

This House is Not for Sale by E.C. Osondu

7 votes, 18.9%

Ambiguous Adventure by Cheikh Hamidou Kane

3 votes, 8.1%

[Only in French!] De purs hommes by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

0 votes, 0.0%

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