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Love is power, or something like that stories
A collection of short stories set in modern-day Nigeria, including "The Worst Thing That Happened," in which an old-age pensioner with numerous children struggles to find someone to pick her up from cataract surgery.
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- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/2290437604#Topic/nigeria_fiction
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- "Where sex is a currency, or a weapon. Where power ends in corruption, or violence. Where the worst thing to happen is for the best, sometimes. This title includes nine stories of cavort jealous."
- "A collection of short stories set in modern-day Nigeria, including "The Worst Thing That Happened," in which an old-age pensioner with numerous children struggles to find someone to pick her up from cataract surgery."
- "A collection of short stories set in modern-day Nigeria, including "The Worst Thing That Happened," in which an old-age pensioner with numerous children struggles to find someone to pick her up from cataract surgery."@en
- "When it comes to love, things are not always what they seem. In contemporary Lagos, a young boy may pose as a woman online, and a maid may be suspected of sleeping with her employer and yet still become a young wife{u2019}s confidant. Men and women can be objects of fantasy, the subject of beery soliloquies. They can be trophies or status symbols. Or they can be overwhelming in their need. In these wide-ranging stories, A. Igoni Barrett roams the streets with people from all stations of life. A man with acute halitosis navigates the chaos of the Lagos bus system. A minor policeman, full of the authority and corruption of his uniform, beats his wife. A family{u2019}s fortunes fall from love and wealth to infidelity and poverty, as poor choices unfurl over three generations. With humor and tenderness, Barrett introduces us to an utterly modern Nigeria, where desire is a means to an end, and love is a power as real as money."@en
- "Bundel met negen verhalen die zich voornamelijk afspelen in de hoofdstad van Nigeria, Lagos."