Sobre el duelo

In this emotional and powerful essay, which stems from an article published in The New Yorker, the Nigerian author puts words to the unspeakable degree of pain caused by the sudden death of her father in Nigeria: the health crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic prevented that the author could leave the United States to join her family. In an attempt to find comfort in the sense of emptiness that shook her to the core, On Grief is a short but intelligent and poignant autobiographical chronicle of the early stages of managing loss, an eye-opening examination of the nature of grief, a tribute to the father who called her "nwoke neli" ("the one that equates to many men") and a deep reflection on the Igbo language and traditions. This book is part of the most rabid and painful actuality: the author writes from the certainty of being just one of the millions of people in mourning, about the cultural and family dimensions of it and, also, about loneliness and anger inherent in it. On the duel is an essential book for these moments. And yet it will be timeless, durable, and an indispensable addition to the author's canon. In the same format that We Should All Be Feminists, the reader will treasure it and share it more than ever.