A Spell of Good Things - Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023. Nominiert: People's Book Prize - Fiction, 2023.Nominiert: The Booker Prize, 2023.Nominiert: Dylan Thomas Prize, 2024
Verlag | Canongate Books |
Auflage | 2023 |
Seiten | 352 |
Format | 13,7 x 2,7 x 21,7 cm |
Print PDF | |
Gewicht | 348 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
EAN | 9781838856052 |
Bestell-Nr | 83885605UA |
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023
MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2023: the Observer, Guardian, Financial Times, Stylist, the Express and Oprah Daily
Ayòbámi Adébáyò, 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 practice, she is beloved by Kunle, the volatile son of family friends.
When a local politician takes an interest in Eniola and sudden violence shatters a family party, Wuraola and Eniola's lives become intertwined. In this breathtaking novel, Ayòbámi Adébáyò shines her l ight on Nigeria, on the gaping divide between the haves and the have-nots, and the shared humanity that lives in between.
Rezension:
A moving story, skilfully told, about Eniola, a boy whose future has been snatched away from him, and Wuraola, a talented, overworked junior doctor, whose intertwined narratives combine to produce an insightful portrait of an unequal and deeply divided society moving towards a terrible crisis. A Spell of Good Things is both gripping and memorable PAT BARKER