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(P/B) OPEN CITY
The bestselling debut novel from a writer heralded as the twenty-first-century W. G. Sebald. A haunting novel about national identity, race, liberty, loss and surrender, Open City follows a young Nigerian doctor as he wanders aimlessly along the streets of Manhattan. For Julius the walks are a release from the tight regulations of work, from the emotional fallout of a failed relationship, from lives past and present on either side of the Atlantic. Isolated amid crowds of bustling strangers, Julius criss-crosses not just physical landscapes...
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(H/B) YOU MADE A FOOL OF DEATH WITH YOUR BEAUTY
Feyi is about to be given the chance to escape the City's blistering heat for a dream island holiday: poolside cocktails, beach sunsets, and elaborate meals. And as the sun goes down on her old life our heroine also might just be ready to open her heart to someone new... The only problem is, she's falling for the one man she absolutely can't have. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) TOMORROW I BECOME A WOMAN
Uju is a daughter her mother never wanted. When she meets Gozie in 1978, he seems like the perfect man - charismatic, Christian and Igbo - so she agrees to marry him in the hope of attaining her mother's approval. Gozie reminds her of her beloved Uncle Ikenna, her mother's brother who disappeared fighting in the Civil War that devastated Nigeria. But Uju has lingering feelings for Akin - a man her mother would never accept as his tribe fought on the other side of the war. Tomorrow I Become a Woman explores a complex relationship between mo...
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(P/B) AN ORCHESTRA OF MINORITIES
A young farmer named Chinonso prevents a woman from falling to her death. Bonded by this strange night on the bridge, he and Ndali fall in love, but it is a mismatch according to her family who reject him because of his lowly status. Is it love or madness that makes Chinonso think he can change his destiny? Set across Nigeria and Cyprus, An Orchestra of Minorities, written in the mythic style of the Igbo tradition, weaves a heart-wrenching tale about fate versus free will. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) AN IMAGE OF AFRICA
Beautifully written yet highly controversial, An Image of Africa asserts Achebe's belief in Joseph Conrad as a 'bloody racist' and his conviction that Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness only serves to perpetuate damaging stereotypes of black people. Also included is The Trouble with Nigeria, Achebe's searing outpouring of his frustrations with his country. (From the publisher)...
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(H/B) TRAVELLERS
Poignant and beautifully sculpted, a novel about exile, identity and the many kinds of travellers moving through our modern world - from the Caine Prize-winning author of Oil on Water and Waiting for an Angel Modern Europe is a melting pot of migrating souls: among them a Nigerian American couple on a prestigious arts fellowship, a transgender film student seeking the freedom of authenticity, a Libyan doctor who lost his wife and child in the waters of the Mediterranean, and a Somalian shopkeeper trying to save his young daughter from forc...
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(P/B) THE FISHERMEN
In a small town in western Nigeria, four young brothers - the youngest is nine, the oldest fifteen - use their strict father's absence from home to go fishing at a forbidden local river. They encounter a dangerous local madman who predicts that the oldest brother will be killed by another. This prophecy breaks their strong bond and unleashes a tragic chain of events of almost mythic proportions. Passionate and bold, The Fishermen is a breathtakingly beautiful novel firmly rooted in the best of African storytelling. With this powerful debut...
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(P/B) THE FREEDOM ARTIST
This world is a prison. In the world of The Freedom Artist nobody sleeps well, not those who scream without knowing why, or those who listen to them. It's a world where oppression stalks the streets and people disappear. And at the heart of it lies the terrible prison. It needs an exceptional person, an unexpected person, to lead the call for freedom, and it needs everyone to wake up and listen. This is a modern classic shouting out for freedom and, above all, for change. You'll recognise this world. It's already familiar to too many peo...
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(P/B) STAY WITH ME
Yejide is hoping for a miracle, for a child. It is all her husband wants, all her mother-in-law wants, and she has tried everything. But when her relatives insist upon a new wife, it is too much for Yejide to bear. Unravelling against the social and political turbulence of 1980s Nigeria, Stay With Me is a story of the fragility of married love, the undoing of family, the power of grief and the all-consuming bonds of motherhood. It is a tale about the desperate attempts we make to save ourselves, and those we love, from heartbreak. (From th...
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ΤΑ ΠΑΝΤΑ ΓΙΝΟΝΤΑΙ ΚΟΜΜΑΤΙΑ
Στη νιγηριανή φυλή των Ίμπο, ο Οκόνκουο είναι σεβαστός. Δυναμικός -έως βίαιος-, αυτοδημιούργητος, περήφανος, ενσαρκώνει τις αξίες ενός πολιτισμού όπου νόμος είναι οι παραδόσεις της φυλής. Σαν ήρωας αρχαίας τραγωδίας, ο Οκόνκουο γραπώνεται από την εξουσία που έχει πάνω στην οικογένειά του και στη φυλή, γιατί αδυνατεί να αποδεχτεί το μύχιο φόβο του για την αποτυχία και την αδυναμία, ένα φόβο που τον βασάνιζε σε όλη του τη ζωή, με ενδεχόμενο να ακυρώσει την ίδια του την ύπαρξη. Μια σειρά ατυχών περιστατικών τον υποχρεώνει σε εξορία αυτό ορίζ...
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(P/B) THINGS FALL APART
A compelling story of one man's battle to protect his community against the forces of change, the Penguin Classics edition of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart is introduced by Biyi Bandele. Okonkwo is the greatest wrestler and warrior alive, and his fame spreads throughout West Africa like a bush-fire. But when he accidentally kills a clansman, things begin to fall apart. Then Okonkwo returns from exile to find missionaries and colonial governors have arrived in the village. With his world thrown radically off-balance, he can only hurtle ...
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ΟΙ ΨΑΡΑΔΕΣ
Σε μια μικρή πόλη της δυτικής Νιγηρίας τέσσερα νεαρά αδέλφια -ο μικρότερος είναι εννιά και ο μεγαλύτερος δεκαπέντε- εκμεταλλεύονται την απουσία του πατέρα τους από το σπίτι για να πάνε για ψάρεμα στο απαγορευμένο κοντινό ποτάμι. Εκεί θα συναντήσουν έναν επικίνδυνο τρελό που θα προφητεύσει ότι ο μεγαλύτερος αδελφός θα δολοφονηθεί από ένα από τα αδέλφια του. Αυτή η προφητεία θα σταθεί η αφορμή να διαλυθεί ο ισχυρός δεσμός τους και η αφετηρία μιας αλυσίδας τραγικών γεγονότων σχεδόν μυθικών διαστάσεων. (Από την παρουσίαση στο οπισθόφυλλο του β...
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ΠΙΣΩ ΑΠΟ ΤΟΝ ΠΕΠΛΟ ΤΩΝ ΔΑΚΡΥΩΝ
«Από τη στιγμή που απέκτησα τον Τζόσουα, το μόνο που ήθελα ήταν να τον προστατέψω. Ο γιος μου είχε πάθει πνευμονία ήδη σε ηλικία ενός έτους και αυτό μου είχε δείξει καθαρά κι αμείλικτα ποια θα ήταν η μοίρα του. Σύντομα διαπίστωσα ότι πάσχαμε και οι δύο από την ίδια ασθένεια. Αλλά εκείνος δεν έπρεπε να το μάθει. Δεν του είχα πει ότι έπασχε από Aids, όπως δεν του είχα πει και για μένα. Δεν ήθελα σε καμία περίπτωση να νιώσει τόσο κοντινή την ανάσα του θανάτου». Η Κόγκα Ρεγκίνα Έκμπεμε έχει αναλάβει ένα δύσκολο έργο. Με τη βοήθεια της Γερμανίδ...
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ΠΙΣΩ ΑΠΟ ΧΡΥΣΑ ΚΑΓΚΕΛΑ
«Στα 42 της χρόνια η γερμανίδα μητέρα μου, Λίζα Χόφμαϊερ, γνώρισε την περιπέτεια της ζωής της: δέχτηκε να γίνει η 33η σύζυγος ενός πλούσιου Αφρικανού -του πατέρα μου- και μέσα από την καινούργια της αυτή οικογένεια άντλησε δύναμη για ζωή. Εγώ, η κόρη της, Κόγκα, γεννήθηκα στο χαρέμι, όπου και μεγάλωσα ευτυχισμένη, απολαμβάνοντας τις φροντίδες των πολυάριθμων (μητέρων μου) συζύγων του πατέρα μου. Στα δεκαέξι μου χρόνια, όμως, η ζωή μου μετατράπηκε σε εφιάλτη. Ο πατέρας μου με ανάγκασε να παντρευτώ έναν άντρα 30 χρόνια μεγαλύτερό μου, ο οποί...
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Η ΑΠΑΓΟΡΕΥΜΕΝΗ ΟΑΣΗ
«Κάτι συμβαίνει εκεί έξω. Νιώθω ανησυχία. Τώρα εύχομαι ένα μονάχα: έναν ψηλό τοίχο να μας προστατεύει. Η μοίρα μάς καταδικάζει σε μια ζωή πίσω από ψηλούς τοίχους, όπως στο χαρέμι του πατέρα. Όλα τ’ άλλα ήταν ένα όμορφο όνειρο, άσχετο με την πραγματικότητα». Η Κόγκα Ρεγκίνα Έκμπεμε ζει με μερικές συντρόφισσες απ’ το χαρέμι του πατέρα της και τη Γερμανίδα ετεροθαλή αδερφή της σ’ ένα παλιό αγρόκτημα κοντά στο οροπέδιο Γιος στη Νιγηρία. Καταβάλλοντας κάθε προσπάθεια κατορθώνουν να ξανακάνουν τη γη εύφορη, ενώ προσφέρουν τη βοήθειά τους και σε ...
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(P/B) LOVE IS POWER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
Where sex is a currency, or a weapon. Where power ends in corruption, or violence. Where the worst thing to happen is for the best, sometimes. Where love is power, or something like that. In these nine blistering stories cavort jealous husbands, kissing cousins, teenage internet hustlers, democratic bus rides, home exorcisms and bowls of dubious catfish peppersoup: this is a searing, savage portrait of an utterly modern Nigeria. Dark yet disarming, in prose that is tough, vigorous and immediately distinctive, Love is Power, Or Something L...
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(P/B) BLACKASS
White skin, green eyes, red hair... Furo Wariboko - born and bred in Lagos - wakes up on the morning of his job interview to discover he has turned into a white man. As he hits the city streets running, still reeling from his new-found condition, Furo finds the dead ends of his life open out before him. As a white man in Nigeria, the world is seemingly his oyster - except for one thing: despite his radical transformation, Furo's ass remains robustly black... Funny, fierce, inventive and daringly provocative - this is a very modern satire,...
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(H/B) THE FISHERMEN
In a small town in western Nigeria, four young brothers - the youngest is nine, the oldest fifteen - use their strict father's absence from home to go fishing at a forbidden local river. They encounter a dangerous local madman who predicts that the oldest brother will be killed by another. This prophesy breaks their strong bond and unleashes a tragic chain of events of almost mythic proportions. Passionate and bold, The Fishermen is a breathtakingly beautiful novel firmly rooted in the best of African storytelling. With this powerful debut...
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(P/B) EVERY DAY IS FOR THE THIEF
A young man returns to Nigeria after fifteen years in New York. Like him, his childhood country has grown up quickly: found fast-food restaurants, email caf?s, contempt for authority; the all-consuming draw of money for nothing. From the consulate in Manhattan to the dusty streets of Lagos, life in modern Nigeria runs like clockwork - as long as you pay the fee. A bribe for the visa clerk, a 'Christmas gift' at immigration, cash - no receipt - at the unofficial tollbooth. Petrol pumps are rigged to overcharge and internet cafes overflow wi...
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(P/B) THE SPIDER KING'S DAUGHTER
This title is the winner of a Betty Trask Award, Shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Commonwealth Book Prize, Longlisted for the Desmond Elliot Prize. Seventeen-year-old Abike Johnson is the favourite child of her wealthy father. She lives in a sprawling mansion in Lagos, protected by armed guards and ferried everywhere in a huge black jeep. But being her father's favourite comes with uncomfortable duties, and she is often lonely behind the high walls of her house. A world away from Abike's mansion, in the city's slums, lives a...
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