African Book Week: The Only Son (novel)

The Only Son (novel)

The Only Son is the debut novel of John Munonye. The novel was first published in 1966 as part of the Heinemann African Writers Series. The novel follows an Igbo widow as she raises her son, Nnanna, who is educated at a Western school.

The tension between the mother and her son occupies much of the novel. The novel, like many of Munonye's other novels, follows the struggle of Nnanna to deal with the expectations placed on him by the rest of the community.

References

  "John Munonye | Nigerian educator and novelist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2017-07-04.

    Nnolim, Charles. "The Only Son" (PDF). Glendora Review: African Quarterly on the Arts. 3 (1) – via Michigan State University African E-Journals Project.

  OGU, JULIUS N. (1984). "The Individual and Society: A Study of John Munonye's Early Novels" (PDF). The International Fiction Review. 11 (2): 90–93.