Hope Nwosu is an author born in 1986 in Akpugoeze, Enugu, Nigeria, and has lived in Finland since 2012.
She writes fiction and nonfiction. Her short story, The Hairdresser (2014), won the best short story award on StoryMondo. Other works, such as Lost in the Ice. received accolades from readers and writers.
SoldOut is her first novel. It is a contemporary novel in English, where the author uses expressions in Igbo and Nigeria Pidgin English on certain passages.
Nwosu extends the boundaries of what is considered realistic fiction with an important touch of magic.
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Hope Nwosu on syntynyt vuonna 1986 Akpugoezessa, Enugussa Nigeriassa ja on asunut Suomessa vuodesta 2012 lähtien. Hän kirjoittaa kauno- ja tietokirjallisuutta. Hänen novellinsa The Hairdresser (2014) voitti StoryMondon parhaan novellin palkinnon. Muut teokset, kuten Lost in the Ice, saivat kiitosta lukijoilta ja kirjailijoilta.
SoldOut on hänen ensimmäinen romaaninsa. Se on nykyaikainen englanninkielinen romaani, jossa kirjailija käyttää tietyissä kohdissa igbo- ja nigerian pidgin-englannin ilmaisuja. Nwosu laajentaa realistisen fiktion rajoja merkittävällä taikuudella.
Kuvaaja: Ilmari Forss​​
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SoldOut
Novel (English)
Hope Nwosu
First Edition: August 2024
140 pages
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ISBN 978-952-65179-2-6
ARVOSTELUKAPPALE:
Reader review
June 21st 2025
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I completed reading your book Sold Out. Kudos to you for bringing this to the world - you should be proud. Your narration did take me back to my own experiences supporting health, and conflict mediation and mitigation programmes in the rural and urban South East and South South Regions.
I particularly enjoyed the inclusion of the food recipes and proverbial Maggi, and the essence of your food culture, which I recognise from a time when we travelled and shared food with Nigerian friends and colleagues.
I found the act of offering Kola nuts and sharing food a quintessential part of Nigerian identity.
Once again, thank you for your storytelling.
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Tim Connell ​