ADEBAYO AYOBAMI

(P/B) A Spell of Good Things
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2024 LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023 A dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides of wealth, power, romantic obsession and political corruption. Eniola is tall for his age, a boy who looks like a man. His father has lost his job, so Eniola spends his days running errands for the local tailor and begging, dreaming of a big future. Wuraola is a golden girl, the perfect child of a wealthy family. Now an exhausted young doctor in her first year of practice, she is belov...
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"Αν το βάρος είναι τόσο μεγάλο και κρατά τόσο πολύ, ακόμα κι η αγάπη λυγίζει, ραγίζει, είναι έτοιμη να σπάσει και μερικές φορές σπάει. Αλλά ακόμα κι αν γίνει χίλια κομμάτια στα πόδια σου, δεν σημαίνει πως δεν είναι πια αγάπη". Στη Νιγηρία της δεκαετίας του 80 ένα νέο κι ερωτευμένο ζευγάρι, η Γετζιντέ και ο Ακίν, ξεκινούν την κοινή τους ζωή γεμάτοι όνειρα κι ελπίδες. Αλλά η δυσκολία τους να κάνουν παιδί -και το παραδοσιακό καθεστώς της πολυγαμίας- σφίγγει τον κλοιό της κοινωνίας γύρω τους και τραντάζει τη σχέση τους συθέμελα... Μέσα στη δίν...
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(P/B) A SPELL OF GOOD THINGS
Ayobami Adebayo, the Women's Prize-shortlisted author of Stay With Me, unveils a dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides of wealth, power, romantic obsession and political corruption. Eniola is tall for his age, a boy who looks like a man. His father has lost his job, so Eniola spends his days running errands for the local tailor, collecting newspapers and begging, dreaming of a big future. Wuraola is a golden girl, the perfect child of a wealthy family. Now an exhausted young doctor in her first year of pr...
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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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