The World of Ada novel

In the novel “The World of Ada,” Sharon Dodua Otoo weaves the life stories of four women on a historical journey across centuries and continents. Ada is a rural woman living in pre-colonial Ghana. Ada is the mathematician Countess Ada Lovelace. Ada is a Polish prostitute forcibly confined in Nazi concentration camps. Ada is a pregnant African woman searching for housing in Berlin in 2019, facing racism. The four women suffer poverty and resist to achieve their freedom. A pearl bracelet connects them, symbolizing the common thread in the novel. The author narrates the events from the perspective of inanimate objects in a fantastical manner, immersing the reader in the different stories of the heroines and following the unexpected turns in their lives.

Author’s name:

Sharon Dodua Otoo

Book category:

Translated Nove

Publication date:

2024