Bead Collector

A Novel

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Bead Collector (2021, Interlink Publishing Group, Incorporated)

Lingvo: English

Eldonita je 15-a de majo 2021 de Interlink Publishing Group, Incorporated.

ISBN:
978-1-62371-082-8
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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 rumors are spreading that a countercoup is imminent. At an art exhibition in the affluent Ikoyi neighborhood, 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 -- from the publisher.

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I was excited to read The Bead Collector because its publisher, Interlink, is also the publisher for one of my favourite authors, Mhani Alaoui, so I had high hopes that Atta's writing style would similarly appeal to me. Unfortunately that turned out not to be the case and I finished The Bead Collector feeling distinctly underwhelmed. The story is set in a tumultuous period in Nigeria's history and features a diverse cast of characters. I didn't ever feel that I became immersed into any of their stories though. Even our narrator, Remi, felt to be always keeping herself one step removed from the reader. I could appreciate her thoughts and experiences on a cerebral level, but I wasn't invested emotionally so the story didn't truly come alive for me. I was reminded of my recent read The Passion According To Carmela by Marcos Aguinis which is similarly set in a …