Ayobami Adebayo

Vavahduttava romaani Nigeriasta, rauenneista toiveista ja elämän sattumanvaraisuudesta. Kun perheellä ei ole enää rahaa koulumaksuihin, pojan pitää aloittaa kerjääminen, sitten työ ompelimossa. Työssä hän törmää toisenlaiseen elämään: hääpukua sovittavalla nuorella lääkärillä on kaikki, paitsi kiltti sulhanen. Kahden nigerialaisperheen vaiheet kietoutuvat synkästi yhteen. Syntyy riipaiseva tarina rahasta, rakkaudesta ja pakkomielteistä sekä maan poliittisen korruption kaikkialle ulottuvista, tappavista lonkeroista. Women Prize -ehdokkaan uutuus kuvaa nyky-Nigerian eriarvoisuutta ja elämän julmia realiteetteja: joku voittaa ja toinen häviää.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2024LONGLISTED 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, Ayobami Adebayo shines her light on Nigeria, the gaping divides in its society, and the shared humanity that lives in between.

BOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE - A NEW YORKER AND NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - GMA BUZZ PICK - 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, "in the lineage of great works by Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie" (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, Ayọ̀b mi Ad b yọ̀ shines her light on Nigeria, on the gaping divide between the haves and the have-nots, and the shared humanity that lives in between.

A spellbinding novel about family secrets and bonds, thwarted hope and the brutal realities of life in a society rife with inequality, from the Women's Prize shortlisted author

SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2024LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2023: the Observer, Guardian, Financial Times, Stylist, the Express and Oprah DailyAyòbámi 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 light on Nigeria, on the gaping divide between the haves and the have-nots, and the shared humanity that lives in between.

BOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE - A NEW YORKER AND NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - GMA BUZZ PICK - 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, "in the lineage of great works by Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie" (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, Ayọ̀b mi Ad b yọ̀ shines her light on Nigeria, on the gaping divide between the haves and the have-nots, and the shared humanity that lives in between.

A New York Times Notable Book - "A thoroughly contemporary--and deeply moving--portrait of a marriage.... In the lineage of great works by Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie." --The New York Times Book Review Ilesa, Nigeria. Ever since they first met and fell in love at university, Yejide and Akin have agreed: polygamy is not for them. But four years into their marriage--after consulting fertility doctors and healers, and trying strange teas and unlikely cures--Yejide is still not pregnant. She assumes she still has time--until her in-laws arrive on her doorstep with a young woman they introduce as Akin's second wife. Furious, shocked, and livid with jealousy, Yejide knows the only way to save her marriage is to get pregnant. Which, finally, she does--but at a cost far greater than she could have dared to imagine. The unforgettable story of a marriage as seen through the eyes of both husband and wife, Stay With Me asks how much we can sacrifice for the sake of family.

Shortlisted for the 2017 Baileys Prize, this Nigerian debut is the heartbreaking tale of what wanting a child can do to a person, a marriage and a family

Kaiken se kestää. Tai sitten ei. Yejide toivoo ihmettä, lasta. Akin-puolisokin haluaa lapsen, anoppi ei muuta ajattelekaan - ja Yejide yrittää parhaansa. Hän tekee raskaita pyhiinvaelluksia, tanssii näkijöiden kanssa ja turvautuu perinteisiin uskomuksiin. Mutta kun anoppi lisää kierroksia ja pakottaa poikansa ottamaan toisen vaimon, asiat mutkistuvat. Alkaa kateuden, petoksen ja epätoivon aika. Nigerian sosiaaliset ja poliittiset pyörteet värittyvät Älä mene pois -romaanin väkevillä äänillä, syvillä sävyillä, pelolla ja epäluulolla. Adebayo kertoo tarinan aviollisen rakkauden hauraudesta, perheen hajoamisesta ja suuresta epäonnesta. Hän näyttää äitiyden toiveen raaimmillaan. Tiheätunnelmainen romaani kutsuu Yejiden ja Akinin kotiin, jonka tunnelmaa toinen vaimo kiristää. Moderni nuoripari joutuu taipumaan maansa poliittisiin kiemuroihin ja perinteisiin perhe-käsityksiin. Samalla kyseenalaistuvat äitiyden ja naiseuden pelimerkit, ja lapsettomuus sysää liikkeelle syviä sisäisiä virtoja ja mehevän, yllättävän juonen.