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FICTION / African American / General FICTION / Cultural Heritage FICTION / Literary Homecoming Nigeria Lagos Fiction Identity (Psychology) Fiction Life change events Fiction New York (N.Y.) Fiction Nigeria Fiction Nigerians New York (State) New York Fiction Reunions Nigeria Lagos FictionCore, Leopoldine
Summary: "A sly, provocative, and psychologically astute debut story collection from a 2015 Whiting Award winner In Leopoldine Core's stories, you never know where you are going to end up. Populated by sex workers and artists, lovers and friends, her characters are endlessly striving to understand each other. And while they may seem to operate at the margins, there is something eminently relatable, even...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CORCole, Teju.
Summary: "Visiting Lagos after many years away, Teju Cole's unnamed narrator rediscovers his hometown as both a foreigner and a local. A young writer uncertain of what he wants to say, the man moves through tableaus of life in one of the most dynamic cities in the world: he hears the muezzin's call to prayer in the early morning light, and listens to John Coltrane during the late afternoon heat. He...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014