<p>HardCover. Pub Date :2014-01-30 Pages: 320 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins UK Single life in modern-day Nigeria is far from simple. in this new novel from the winner of the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa Deola. Bello is tired of London. but she's not ready to give up on life. When her charity job takes her home to Nigeria. her thoughts turn to the future. as she questions whether her peripatetic existence is still right for her. Deola encounters changes in her family and her home. while a new friendship with Wale. a charming hotelier. offers more lasting potential. But is Deola really equipped to cope with the altered social mores that are part of modern Nigeria Sefi Atta's urgent. incisive voice guides us through this intricate and vivid narrative. challenging preconceived notions of Africa and bringing to life contemporary Nigeria. With boldness and...</p>

A Bit of Difference

Sefi Atta

Fourth Estate

A new novel from the winner of the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in AfricaAt thirty-nine, Deola Bello, a Nigerian expatriate in London, is dissatisfied with being single and working overseas. Deola works as a financial reviewer for an international charity, and when her job takes her back to Nigeria in time for her father's five-year memorial service, she finds herself turning her scrutiny inward. In Nigeria, Deola encounters changes in her family and in the urban landscape of her home, and new acquaintances who offer unexpected possibilities. Deola's journey is as much about evading others' expectations to get to the heart of her frustration as it is about exposing the differences between foreign images of Africa and the realities of contemporary Nigerian life. Deola's urgent, incisive voice captivates and guides us through the intricate layers and vivid scenes of a life lived across continents. With Sefi Atta's characteristic boldness and vision, A Bit of Difference limns the complexities of our contemporary world. This is a novel not to be missed.

BIT OF DIFFERENCE PB

Fourth Estate Ltd.

Bit Of Difference

Spinifex Press

<p>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 counter-coup 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, as hospitable Remi welcomes the enigmatic Frances into her world. Remi's husband, Tunde, naturally suspects Frances - like any American in Lagos - of gathering intelligence for the CIA, yet she is unconvinced. Cynical about the country's unending instability, and alienated by the shallowness of the city's elite, she willingly shares her views with Frances. But the February 13 assassination of General Muhammed prompts Remi to reconsider one particular conversation with her new acquaintance in a different light. Her discouragement overcome by a reawakened sense of patriotism, she begins to doubt that the bead collector is who she claims to be. With her signature subtlety and wit, Sefi Atta examines a brief but profound friendship, and one Nigerian mother's yearning - amid legacies of conflict and uncertainty - to help build her country from home.</p>

Bead Collector, The

Literature & Fiction

United States

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