{"product_id":"measuring-time-helon-habila-9780393052510","title":"Measuring Time","description":"Mamo and LaMamo are twin brothers living in the small Nigerian village of Keti, where their domineering father controls their lives. With high hopes the twins attempt to flee from home, but only LaMamo escapes successfully and is able to live their dream of becoming a soldier who meets beautiful women. Mamo, the sickly, awkward twin, is doomed to remain in the village with his father. Gradually he comes out of his father's shadow and gains local fame as a historian, and, using Plutarch's Parallel Lives as his model, he embarks on the ambitious project of writing a \"true\" history of his people. But when the rains fail and famine rages, religious zealots incite the people to violence--and LaMamo returns to fight the enemy at home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A novel of ardent loyalty, encroaching modernity, political desire, and personal liberation, \u003cem\u003eMeasuring Time\u003c\/em\u003e is a heart-wrenching history of Nigeria, portrayed through the eyes of a single family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Helon Habila\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393052516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393052510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Hurston\/Wright LEGACY Award - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/23\/2006 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2006 pg. 1146\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2006 pg. 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2006 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2007 pg. 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Issues Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2007 pg. 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/25\/2007 pg. 21","brand":"Helon Habila","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919648915711,"sku":"9780393052510","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_90187c7b-56b4-4420-8f11-6ef0a5ddfaab.jpg?v=1680810564","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/measuring-time-helon-habila-9780393052510","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}