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After the rain / adapted from the short story "On the road" by Nnedi Okorafor ; written by John Jennings ; illustrated by David Brame ; lettering by Damian Duffy.

Nā: Kaituhi: Momo rauemi: TextTextKaiwhakaputa: New York : Abrams ComicArts Megascope, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Whakaahuatanga: 126 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781419743559
  • 1419743554
Ngā marau: Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 741.5 23
Summary: After the Rain' is a graphic novel adaptation of Nnedi Okorafor's short story "On the Road." The drama takes place in a small Nigerian town during a violent and unexpected storm. A Nigerian-American woman named Chioma answers a knock at her door and is horrified to see a boy with a severe head wound standing at her doorstep. He reaches for her, and his touch burns like fire. Something is very wrong. Haunted and hunted, Chioma must embrace her heritage in order to survive. John Jennings and David Brame's graphic novel collaboration uses bold art and colors to powerfully tell this tale of identity and destiny.
Ngā tūtohu mai i tēnei whare pukapuka: Kāore he tūtohu i tēnei whare pukapuka mō tēnei taitara. Takiuru ki te tāpiri tūtohu.
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Adapted from the short story "On the Road" by Nnedi Okorafor, originally published in the anthology Kabu Kabu by Prime Books in 2013."--title page verso

After the Rain' is a graphic novel adaptation of Nnedi Okorafor's short story "On the Road." The drama takes place in a small Nigerian town during a violent and unexpected storm. A Nigerian-American woman named Chioma answers a knock at her door and is horrified to see a boy with a severe head wound standing at her doorstep. He reaches for her, and his touch burns like fire. Something is very wrong. Haunted and hunted, Chioma must embrace her heritage in order to survive. John Jennings and David Brame's graphic novel collaboration uses bold art and colors to powerfully tell this tale of identity and destiny.

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