This Hostel Life is a novel by Nigerian-Irish writer Melatu Uche Okorie, it was published in 2018 by Skein Press in Ireland. It is the first novel by the writer. The novel features an invented Nigerian pidgin English patois. It was launched at the International Literature Festival, where Okorie discussed the migrant experience with Nikesh Shukla. This Hostel Life was bought by Virago Press in 2019, and adapted into an operatic work by the Irish National Opera.
References
- ^ Chandler, Mark (18 April 2019). "Virago buys Okorie debut from Irish indie Skein Press". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- Hudson, Kerry (6 September 2019). "This Hostel Life, Melatu Uche Okorie; Refugee Tales III, Herd and Pincus". The Big Issue. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- O’Toole, Gráinne; Okorie, Melatu Uche (31 July 2018). "'We as migrants are used to being spoken for, yet these are our experiences'". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- Byers, David (28 September 2019). "This Hostel Life review: direct provision explored through often-anguished sounds". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
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