A reader comes to the page and essentially learns the rules of this world, not because the rules are being told to them but because the rules are bei… - Lesley Nneka Arimah

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A reader comes to the page and essentially learns the rules of this world, not because the rules are being told to them but because the rules are being broken. Via the consequences of the rules being broken, the reader comes to understand what the rules are.

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About Lesley Nneka Arimah

Lesley Nneka Arimah (born 13 October 1983 in London, United Kingdom) is a Nigerian writer. She has been described as "a skillful storyteller who can render entire relationships with just a few lines of dialogue" and "a new voice with certain staying power." She is the winner of the 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Africa, the 2017 O. Henry Prize, the 2017 Kirkus Prize, and the 2019 Caine Prize for African Writing.

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Alternative Names: L. Nneka Arimah Arimah, Lesley Nneka Nneka Arimah, Lesley
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