Manchester Happened : From the Winner of the Jhalak Prize, 2021

A stunning new story collection from Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, acclaimed author of Kintu and winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2014 and the Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction 2018 Manchester Happened is a masterful collection of short stories by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, whose debut novel Kintu was published to great acclaim earlier this year. Set in Manchester and Kampala, the stories form a moving and powerful work about the experience of immigration and about how we treat each other as human beings, and makes an important contribution to one of the most pressing societal and political issues of the day. Following on from the huge success of Kintu, Manchester Happened – featuring the winner of the 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, "Let’s Tell This Story Properly" – is an essential collection from an extraordinarily talented writer. Shortlisted For The Hearst Big Book Awards 2019 An Ambitious And Assured Collection Of Short Stories From The Internationally Acclaimed Author Of Kintu If There's One Thing The Characters In Jennifer Makumbi's Stories Know, It's How To Field An Uncomfortable Question. 'let Me Buy You A Cup Of Tea...what Are You Doing In England?' 'do These Children Of Yours Speak Any Luganda?' 'did You Know That Man Idi Amin?' But Perhaps The Most Difficult Question Of All Is The One They Ask Themselves: 'you Mean This Is England?' Told With Empathy, Humour And Compassion, These Vibrant, Kaleidoscopic Stories Re-imagine The Journey Of Ugandans Who Choose To Make England Their Home. Weaving Between Manchester And Kampala, This Dazzling Collection Will Captivate Anyone Who Has Ever Wondered What It Means To Truly Belong. SHORTLISTED FOR THE HEARST BIG BOOK AWARDS 2019 THE STUNNING SHORT-STORY COLLECTION FROM PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR JENNIFER NANSUBUGA MAKUMBI If there's one thing the characters in Jennifer Makumbi's stories know, it's how to field an uncomfortable question. 'Let me buy you a cup of tea...what are you doing in England?' 'Do these children of yours speak any Luganda?' 'Did you know that man Idi Amin?' But perhaps the most difficult question of all is the one they ask themselves: 'You mean this is England?' As hilarious as they are compassionate, these vibrant stories re-imagine the journey of Ugandans who choose to make England their home. Weaving between Manchester and Kampala, this dazzling collection will captivate anyone who has ever wondered what it means to truly belong. An ambitious and assured collection of short stories from the internationally acclaimed author of Kintu If there's one thing the characters in Jennifer Makumbi's stories know, it's how to field a question. 'Let me buy you a cup of tea... what are you doing in England?' 'Do these children of yours speak any Luganda?' 'Did you know that man Idi Amin?' But perhaps the most difficult question of all is the one they ask themselves: 'You mean this is England?' Told with empathy, humour and compassion, these vibrant, kaleidoscopic stories re-imagine the journey of Ugandans who choose to make England their home. Weaving between Manchester and Kampala, this dazzling, polyphonic collection will captivate anyone who has ever wondered what it means to truly belong. "If there's one thing the characters in Jennifer Makumbi's stories know, it's how to field a question ... Told with empathy, humour and compassion, these vibrant, kaleidoscopic stories re-imagine the journey of Ugandans who choose to make England their home. Weaving between Manchester and Kampala, this dazzling, polyphonic collection will captivate anyone who has ever wondered what it means to truly belong."--Publisher description