A SPELL OF GOOD THINGS

A SPELL OF GOOD THINGS

A NOVEL

ADEBAYO, AYOBAMI

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Editorial:
ALFRED A. KNOPF
Año de edición:
2023
Materia
Inglés Ficción
ISBN:
978-0-525-65764-4
Páginas:
352
Encuadernación:
Tapa dura con sobrecubierta
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A dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides of wealth, power, romantic obsession, and political corruption from the celebrated author of Stay with Me • "A stunning debut novel ... in the lineage of great works by Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie." —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

Eniola is tall for his age, a boy who looks like a man. Because his father has lost his job, Eniola spends his days running errands for the local tailor, collecting newspapers, begging when he must, 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 beloved by Kunle, the volatile son of an ascendant politician.

When a local politician takes an interest in Eniola and sudden violence shatters a family party, Wuraola's and Eniola’s lives become intertwined. In her breathtaking second novel, Ay?`bámi Adébáy?` shines her light on Nigeria, on the gaping divide between the haves and the have-nots, and the shared humanity that lives in between.

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