Nights of the Creaking Bed

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

Nights of the Creaking Bed is full of colourful characters involved in affecting dramas: a girl who is rejected in love because she has three brothers to look after; a middle aged housewife who finds love again but has an impossible decision to make; a young man who can't get the image of his naked, beautiful mother out of his mind; a child so poor he has to hawk onions on Christmas day - and many others. Some, initially full of hope, find their lives blighted by the cruelty of others, or by being in the wrong place at the wrong time, or by just not knowing the "right" people.Corruption, religious intolerance, gratuitous violence, the irresponsible attitudes of some men to their offspring and the importance of joy are some of the big themes that underlie this memorable collection.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-04-30
Mått:125 x 216 x 13 mm
Vikt:242 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Cassava Republic Press
ISBN:9781911115847

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Mer om författaren

Toni Kan is the author of four critically acclaimed works of fiction and poetry, including The Carnivorous City (Cassava Republic, 2016). Kan was the winner of the NDDC/Ken Saro Wiwa Literature Prize (2009), awarded by the Association of Nigerian Authors. Kan, a managing partner at Radi8, an ideas company, is also publisher of sabinews.com and a fellow of the Heinrich Boll Stiftung, Civitella Ranieri and Yaddo. He lives in Lagos.

Recensioner i media

"This is a cohesive, stylish collection, with atmospheric scenes and noir elements. Toni Kan's stories look behind shuttered window to express the unspeakable in the everyday." - Molara Wood, writer and cultural critic; “Beginning with deliberate brevity and ending on a note of lush lyricism, these fascinating vignettes of Lagos life showcase an array of peripatetic characters who are hopelessly stuck in their dilemmas.” - Sefi Atta, author of Everything Good Will Come;

Innehållsförteckning

Strangers 1The Passion ofPololo 13My Perfect Life20Broda Sonnie 35The Harbinger47Nights of theCreaking Bed 56The Echo ofSilence 62God isListening 69Ahmed 87Buzz 94Onions 107The Devil’sOvertime 113The Car TheyBorrowed 134Sad Eyes 145The Phone Call Goodnight 150