Search results
Jun 28, 2022 · Fleeing persecution in 1960s America, a Black couple seeks asylum in Ghana, but fresh dangers and old secrets threaten their newfound freedom in this hypnotic debut novel. "I am truly blown away by this novel."--Jacqueline Woodson, New York Times bestselling author of Red at the Bone.
Jun 28, 2022 · The Scent of Burnt Flowers: A Novel. Hardcover – June 28, 2022. Fleeing persecution in 1960s America, a Black couple seeks asylum in Ghana, but fresh dangers and old secrets threaten their newfound freedom in this hypnotic debut novel.
- Blitz Bazawule
What is life like now that they are fugitives? Pack passports. Empty bank accounts. Set their old life on fire. The couple disguise themselves as a pastor and a reluctant pastor’s wife who’s hiding a secret from her fiancé.
- Hardcover
- Blitz Bazawule
Jun 28, 2022 · Steeped in the history and mythology of postcolonial West Africa at the intersection of the civil rights movement in America, this gripping and ambitious...
Aug 18, 2022 · Blitz Bazawule’s vibrant, funny thriller THE SCENT OF BURNT FLOWERS (235 pp., Ballantine, $27) begins, quite literally, with a bang. In 1966, the young, beautiful Bernadette awakes in Accra to ...
About The Scent of Burnt Flowers Fleeing persecution in 1960s America, a Black couple seeks asylum in Ghana, but fresh dangers and old secrets threaten their newfound freedom in this hypnotic debut novel.
Aug 23, 2022 · Blitz Bazawule directed the first Ghanaian original film to be released on Netflix, co-directed Beyonce's visual album 'Black is King', directed the upcoming film musical version of 'The Color...
