Seesaw (Ogene novel) explained

Seesaw is the second novel by Timothy Ogene. It was published in London in November 2021 by Swift Press,[1] [2] and was reviewed in The Guardian,[3] The Times,[4] Unherd,[5] Isele Magazine,[6] and Writers Mosaic.[7] Excerpts appeared in Granta[8] and The Johannesburg Review of Books.[9] It can be considered as a classic road novel and, at the same time, a satire; the voice of an unreliable narrator depicts American culture and politics as seen through the eyes of a Nigerian scholar visiting Boston.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swift Press signs Timothy Ogene's 'hugely enjoyable act of literary rebellion' . BookBrunch. 20 July 2021.
  2. Web site: Swift Press soars with 100,000 sold in first nine months . Ruth . Comerford . 18 April 2022 . The Bookseller . En . 27 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211027163951/https://www.thebookseller.com/news/swift-press-soars-100000-sold-first-9-months-1273517 . live .
  3. Web site: 27 November 2021 . Seesaw by Timothy Ogene review – adventures in cultural expectations . 18 April 2022 . The Guardian . Helon. Habila. Helon Habila. en.
  4. News: Self . John . Seesaw by Timothy Ogene review — taking pot shots at the prose poseurs . . en . 19 November 2021 . 18 April 2022 . 0140-0460 . 17 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220417225929/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/seesaw-by-timothy-ogene-review-7w09dhdpj . live .
  5. Web site: 26 October 2021 . What does it mean to be black? . 18 April 2022 . UnHerd . en-GB . 6 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220306112338/https://unherd.com/2021/10/what-does-it-mean-to-be-black/ . live .
  6. Web site: 2021-11-05 . Seesaw Timothy Ogene . 2022-06-16 . Isele Magazine . en.
  7. Web site: 2021-12-29 . Seesaw . 2022-06-16 . Writers Mosaic . en-US . 23 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220123123248/https://writersmosaic.org.uk/reviews/seesaw/ . live .
  8. Web site: 19 October 2021 . The Blake Fellowship . 18 April 2022 . Granta . en-US . 28 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220528044818/https://granta.com/the-blake-fellowship/ . live .
  9. Web site: 9 December 2021 . [Fiction Issue] 'He was the sort of writer who saw himself as the carrier of his continent's honour'—Read an excerpt from Timothy Ogene's novel Seesaw ]. 18 April 2022 . The Johannesburg Review of Books . en-US . 22 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220522135518/https://johannesburgreviewofbooks.com/2021/12/09/fiction-issue-he-was-the-sort-of-writer-who-saw-himself-as-the-carrier-of-his-continents-honour-read-an-excerpt-from-timothy-ogenes-novel-seesaw/ . live .

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