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Anakana Schofield

Anakana Schofield’s debut novel Malarky won the 2013 Amazon.ca First Novel Award and the 2013 Debut-Litzer Prize for Fiction. Her second novel, Martin John, was shortlisted for the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize and the 2016 Goldsmiths Prize. ‘Bina’ is an excerpt from a forthcoming novel.

Anakana Schofield on Granta.com

Fiction | Issue 141 padlock
Fiction | Issue 141 padlock

Bina

Anakana Schofield

‘If you’ve come all this way here to listen to me, your life will undoubtedly get worse. I’m here to warn you, not to reassure you.’

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