What it means when a Man falls from the sky
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At the moment, we only deliver to customers in Ibadan and Abuja. If you will like to have books delivered to you anywhere else in Nigeria, please visit our konga store to make your order.A dazzling accomplished debut collection explores the ties that binds parents and children, husbands and wives, lovers and friends to one another and to the places they call home.
In "Who will greet you at home" , a National Magazine Award finalist for the New Yorker, A woman desperate for a child weaves one out of her hair, with unsettling results. In "Wild", a disastrous night out shifts a teenager and her Nigerian cousin onto uneasy common ground. In "The Future Looks Good" , three generations of women are haunted by the ghosts of war, while in "Light", a father struggles to protect and empower the daughter he loves. And in the title story, in a world ravaged by flood and riven by class, experts have discovered how to "fix the equation of a person" - with rippling, unforeseen repercussions.
A remarkable collection combining Adichie's poise, assurance and coolly understated style. The perfect riposte to anyone who believes short stories cant be every bit as involving as novels. (Daily Mail). The writing throughout the book has a verve that propels you forward through the pages. And a pervasive, lightly mocking intelligence gives the whole thing a lively satirical edge. (Guardian..
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