{"product_id":"9781473547032","title":"Kumukanda","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Prize 2017*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Selected as a 2017 Book of the Year in the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Urban and urbane, it’s a magnificent debut’ \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A brilliant debut – a tender, nostalgic and at times darkly hilarious exploration of black boyhood, masculinity and grief – from one of my favourite writers’ – Warsan Shire \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eTranslating as ‘initiation’, \u003ci\u003ekumukanda\u003c\/i\u003e is the name given to the rites a young boy from the Luvale tribe must pass through before he is considered a man. The poems of Kayo Chingonyi’s remarkable debut explore this passage: between two worlds, ancestral and contemporary; between the living and the dead; between the gulf of who he is and how he is perceived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnderpinned by a love of music, language and literature, here is a powerful exploration of race, identity and masculinity, celebrating what it means to be British and not British, all at once.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47156884242672,"sku":"9781473547032","price":14.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781473547032_p0.jpg?v=1763602252","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781473547032","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}