Ayobami Adebayo
Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ is a Nigerian writer and playwright. Her debut novel, Stay with Me, was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize in 2017, and her follow up, A Spell of Good Things, was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2023. Her work deals with family secrets and bonds, motherhood and the brutal realities of life in a society rife with inequality.
Add to wishlist 0Stay With Me
WINNER OF THE 9MOBILE PRIZE FOR LITERATURESHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 WELLCOME BOOK PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL DYLAN THOMAS PRIZEYejide 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.
R 315.00
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A Spell Of Good Things
LONGLISTED 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 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 unexpectedly intertwined. In this breathtaking novel, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ shines her light on Nigeria, the gaping divides in its society, and the shared humanity that lives in between.
R 305.00
