The Only Son is the debut novel of Nigerian author John Munonye. The novel was first published in 1966 as part of the Heinemann African Writers Series.[1] The novel follows an Igbo widow as she raises her son, Nnanna, who is educated at a Western school.[1]

The tension between the mother and her son occupies much of the novel.[2] 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.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "John Munonye | Nigerian educator and novelist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
  2. ↑ Nnolim, Charles. "The Only Son" (PDF). Glendora Review: African Quarterly on the Arts. 3 (1) – via Michigan State University African E-Journals Project.
  3. ↑ 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.


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