Imbolo Mbue

Behold the Dreamers

Cameroonian family's struggle for American dream in New York financial crisis

About the author

Imbolo Mbue
Imbolo Mbue

Cameroonian-American novelist whose debut Behold the Dreamers won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Her work explores immigrant dreams and their collision with American reality. She is one of the most celebrated voices in the African diaspora in America.

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