By China Acheru
How
do you go from being in love to harbouring distrust, disdain and outright
hatred?
From
'....Even if you were diagnosed positive for HIV AIDS, Anthony Mukoro, I will
gladly share the disease with you; we can be positive together....' to
....'This Tony, you will suffer! You will beg to die but will never see death.
I curse you with my breasts! You will live and die a wretch!?'
You
will never know any of these unless you read Othuke Ominiaboh's Odufa.
Odufa is supposed to be
a tragic romantic tale, but is it? Was that really romance, or was it a tale of
two people, who hid behind their perceived love in a bid to dominate each
other? Was it outright deceit or witchcraft?
Set
in Lagos, Kano and Delta States, Tony thinks he is about to die and makes one
last, bizarre request to the girl of his dreams, who surprisingly accepts but
is she truthful in her dealings? Come to think of it, what kind of girl would
accept such a proposition?
Othuke
Ominiabohs offers a compelling narrative which brings to life this emotional
roller coaster of a novel.
Odufa is highly
recommended to lovers of a good old love story; lovers of a romantic tragedy
and if you simply love to have some thrill in your life, then you need to read
this book.
Odufa was a young woman
without a past (at least a past not known to Anthony) while Anthony was a man
without a future, (A future Odufa knew
he didn’t have). A union between both is surely a guaranteed recipe for
disaster!
The
book, Odufa gets five stars from me
(and if you know me well, I do not give out stars easily).
Copies
are available at Salamader Café in Abuja, The Hub Stores, Lekki Shoprite,
Patabah Books, Surulere, Laterna Books in Victoria Island, The Booksellers in
Abuja and Bookville in Port Harcourt.
For
Online copies, visit www.ikasuwa.com, www.dookshop.com and www.konga.com
amongst others.
I
have read mine. Go read yours. You may just be compelled to write a review.
