The Day Ends Like Any Day

The Day Ends Like Any Day[1] (Holland House Books, 2017) is a coming-of-age novel by Nigerian poet and novelist Timothy Ogene.[2] Excerpts appeared in One Throne Magazine[3] and The Missing Slate[4].

Reviews

"Timothy Ogene's beautiful novel is a new form of Bildungsroman: Sam's story is also a journey through books and memories, so much so that a life's journey is not only oriented forwards, but also backwards." — African Book Review[5]

"A refreshing increase in Nigerian literature in recent years – of which this is a welcome contribution . . .." — Hong Kong Review of Books[6]

"Timothy Ogene’s The Day Ends Like Any Day illustrates the ways in which human beings carry their pasts with them no matter where they go. It is a powerful novel that demands reconciliation, from the reader and its protagonist alike." — Foreword Reviews [7]

'Timothy Ogene’s The Day Ends Like Any Day is . . . a lyrical, vibrant, and challenging coming-of-age account of the multiple identities and multiple personalities of a young Nigerian growing up in a period when everything around him is changing but who refuses to accept that his life has been formed by the traumas and dependencies of his life and past.' — Africa Book Link[8]

'Timothy Ogene’s beautiful novel is "a new form of Bildungsroman," in which the theme of coming of age becomes a coming of language: Sam’s story is also a journey through books and memories, so much so that a life’s journey is not only oriented forwards, but also backwards.' — Daily Trust, Nigeria [9]

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gollark: Oh, and if you look at versions where it's "pull lever to divert trolley onto different people" versus "push person off bridge to stop trolley", people tend to be less willing to sacrifice one to save five in the second case, because they're more involved and/or it's less abstract somehow.
gollark: There might be studies on *that*, actually, you might be able to do it without particularly horrible ethical problems.
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gollark: Almost certainly mostly environment, yes.

References
  1. Ogene, Timothy (2017-04-06). The Day Ends Like Any Day. S.l.: Holland House. ISBN 9781910688298.
  2. "The Day Ends Like Any Day". Holland House Books. 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  3. Ogene, Timothy. "Notes from a Discarded Memoir". One Throne Magazine.
  4. Ogene, Timothy. "A Strand of Ice". The Missing Slate.
  5. ioanadanaila (2017-03-01). "The Day Ends Like Any Day". The African Book Review. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  6. "The Day Ends Like Any Day". HONG KONG REVIEW OF BOOKS 香港書評. 2017-05-04. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  7. "Foreword Reviews: Book Reviews and Coverage of Indie Publishers". www.forewordreviews.com. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  8. "Africa Book Link".
  9. "Daily Trust, Nigeria".
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