Atta, Sefi Bead collector 9781912408344

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Автор: Atta, Sefi (Атта, Сефи)
Название: Bead collector
Перевод названия: Коллекционер бисера
ISBN: 9781912408344
Издательство: Myriad editions
Классификация:

Модернистская и современная художественная литература

Остросюжетная художественная литература / произведения с напряжённой интригой

ISBN-10: 1912408341
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 320
Вес: 0.30 кг.
Дата издания: 15.08.2019
Язык: English
Размер: 197 x 133 x 24
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: Wole Soyinka Prizewinning author of Everything Good Will Come recasts the international espionage tale by bringing the intrigue and politics of family life to the fore. Lagos, January 1976, six years after the Nigerian Civil War. A new military regime has been in power for six months, but rumors are spreading that a countercoup is imminent. At an art exhibition in the affluent Ikoyi neighborhood, Remi Lawal, a Nigerian woman who runs her own greeting-card shop, meets Frances Cooke, who introduces herself as an American art dealer, in Nigeria to buy rare beads. They become friends and over the next few weeks confide in each other about their aspirations, loyalties, marriage, motherhood--and Nigeria itself, as hospitable Remi welcomes the enigmatic Frances into her world. Remis husband, Tunde, naturally suspects Frances--like any American in Lagos--of gathering intelligence for the CIA, yet she is unconvinced. Cynical about the countrys unending instability, and alienated by the shallowness of the citys elite, she willingly shares her views with Frances. But the February 13 assassination of General Muhammed prompts Remi to reconsider one particular conversation with her new acquaintance in a different light. Her discouragement overcome by a reawakened sense of patriotism, she begins to doubt that the bead collector is who she claims to be. With her signature subtlety and wit, Sefi Atta examines a brief but profound friendship, and one Nigerian mothers yearning--amid legacies of conflict and uncertainty--to help build her country from home. Sefi Atta is also author of Everything Good Will Come (Myriad, 2019).

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