‘The Last Carver’ for September

Ositadimma Makeze’s novel, ‘The Last Carver,’ is for set for release, come September. The book published by Purple Shelves Publishers, Nigeria, is a response to the growing concern on culture continuity and bequeathing of traditional values to the next generation. The work, set in pre-colonial Igboland, is evocative of the spellbinding effects of old-style African […]

Ositadimma Makeze’s novel, ‘The Last Carver,’ is for set for release, come September. The book published by Purple Shelves Publishers, Nigeria, is a response to the growing concern on culture continuity and bequeathing of traditional values to the next generation.

The work, set in pre-colonial Igboland, is evocative of the spellbinding effects of old-style African classics Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and makes insightful use of proverbs and nuanced narrative flair that portray African lifestyle in its pristine stage.

Omenka is at the heart of the plot and takes the centre-stage immersing the readers, navigating through the intricacies of cultural ideals which the present, in all its romance.

In her critic of the book, Chinyere Chukwudi-Okeh, author of ‘From the Crevices of Corps Hearts,’ said, “In the generous and colourful deployment of folk wisdom and culture lies the depth and strength of ‘The Last Carver.’

“In this inter-cosmic world of man, masks and masquerades, where words are sent on gnomic errands, are messages that transcend fiction to reality. This is whom we are, our own very story recollected in print.”

Makeze, a poet, novelist and priest, who is author of the 2014 novel, ‘Teeth of a Snail,’ is described as having a knack for exploring ancient stories that have inexhaustible relevance.