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Eghosa Imasuen Quotes

born 1976 Nigeria

Eghosa Imasuen (born 19 May 1976) is a Nigerian novelist, medical doctor, and publisher. He is the co-founder of Narrative Landscape Press and is highly regarded for his realistic literary representations of youth culture, post-Biafra identity, and campus life in 1990s Nigeria.

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Nemesis, she was too slow. She was a crippled, ineffective, bitter old bitch.

Fine Boys (2012)

"The satisfaction an author derives and the reward they seek is to have their work read and loved by readers."

"Authors can help in nation building by creating and becoming an industry. Also, by becoming the conscience and mirror for their societies."

The light that seeped in through the sheer curtains bathed everything in a blue translucence that made the room look like one of those Igbo market shops where the most awful pair of jeans miraculously became a pair of Versace specials.

It is almost impossible to make a commercial case for these stories beyond the fact that there will always be people who want to read stories that are well told. I publish what I want to read, and believe strongly that there are many people like me who also want to read that work.

"Nigeria can begin to overcome book piracy by ensuring that piracy is painful for the pirates. Right now, the theft of intellectual property is perceived as a victimless crime. There is nothing like a fake book."

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Eghosa Imasuen (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.