Come and see Ismael Beah on Friday October 9, 2009 at 11:330a.m. on the FBA Auditorium.
Born in Sierra Leon, Beah has become one of the most influential writers of this generation.
“No outsider could have written this book, and it’s hard to imagine that many insiders could do so with such acute vision, stark language, and tenderness. It is a heartrending achievement,” Melissa Fay Greene, Elle.
Beah’s book is an influence on freshman requirement reading.
“The book is raw, run through with melancholy, but so honest and longing that hundreds or thousands have read it, and it’s made Beah…arguably the most read African writer in comtemporary literature,” Dave Eggers, Vanity Fair.