The bead collector
Atta, Sefi2019
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Lagos, January 1976, six years after the Nigerian Civil War. A new military regime has been in power for six months, but rumours are spreading that a countercoup is imminent. At an art exhibition in the affluent Ikoyi neighbourhood, Remi Lawal, a Nigerian woman who runs her own greeting-card shop, meets Frances Cooke, who introduces herself as an American art dealer, in Nigeria to buy rare beads. They become friends and over the next few weeks confide in each other about their aspirations, loyalties, marriage, motherhood, and Nigeria itself.
Main title:
The bead collector / Sefi Atta.
Author:
Atta, Sefi, author
Work:
Imprint:
Oxford : Myriad, 2019.
Collation:
313 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: Northampton: Interlink Books, 2018.
ISBN:
9781912408344 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6GENFICTION
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2847416