Publisher: Parrésia Publishers Ltd
Authors: Amara Nicole Okoro
Publish Year: 2017
ISBN10: 978-978-54079-4-5
There a six thought-provoking stories in Amara Nicole’s book Son of Man, where she shares with us her passion for storytelling in this collection of short stories, which all have a taste of loss and a side of devastation. This book has a unique characteristic, because of the perspectives stories are narrated from.
The first story titled “The Talking Shoes” is told by the protagonist Andrew’s shoes, which narrates the struggles their owner goes through on a particularly gloomy day, and how much strength it takes to move forward when all hope is lost.
With this story, the precedent mood for this collection of stories is set, because as I devoured each story, the more the stories evoked the emotional feelings Amara Nicole intended them to do in her readers, for they paint a stark picture of how immense loss can affect a person.