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Author | Helon Habila |
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Language | English |
Genre | Literary Fiction, Social novel |
Set in | Nigeria |
Publisher | Epic Books |
Publication date | 2000 |
Publication place | Nigeria |
Media type | Print ( hardcover) |
Pages | 153 pp (first edition) |
ISBN | 9789783039728 (first edition) |
OCLC | 50069353 |
Prison Stories, styled as Prison Stories: A Collection of Short Storie[s], is a collection of prison stories by Nigerian writer Helon Habila. "Love Poem", which is among the stories included in the collection, won the 2001 Caine Prize for African Writing. [1] [2] It was first published by Epic Books. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
The book is a collection of short stories about the brutal life faced by prisoners in prison, mostly by those are innocent.