Vagabonds!

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Beschreibung

<p><strong>'Gasp in wonder' Marlon James, author of <em>Black Leopard, Red Wolf</em></strong></p><p><strong>'Electrifying' Irenosen Okojie, author of <em>Nudibranch</em></strong></p><p><strong>'Gasp-inducing' <em>AnOther</em></strong></p><p><strong>'Joyous, defiant' Caleb Azumah Nelson, author of <em>Open Water</em></strong></p><p><strong>'Visionary' <em>Guardian</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>VAGABONDS!</em> is a tumultuous and unexpectedly joyous novel of oppression and defiance among the people and spirits of Lagos.</strong></p><p><em>Lagos is a city for all ... you share this place with flesh and not-flesh, and it's just as much their city as it is yours.</em></p><p>Èkó, the spirit of Lagos, and his loyal minion Tatafo weave trouble through the streets of Lagos and through the lives of the 'vagabonds' powering modern Nigeria: the queer, the displaced and the footloose.</p><p>With Tatafo as our guide we meet these people in the shadows. Among them are a driver for a debauched politician; a lesbian couple whose tender relationship sheds unexpected light on their experience with underground sex work; a mother who attends a secret spiritual gathering that shifts her reality. As their lives begin to intertwine-in markets and underground clubs, in churches and hotel rooms-the vagabonds are seized and challenged by the spirits who command the city. A force is drawing them all together, but for what purpose?</p><p>In her debut novel <em>VAGABONDS!</em>, Eloghosa Osunde tackles the insidious nature of Nigerian capitalism, corruption and oppression, and offers a defiant, joyous and inventive tribute to all those for whom life itself is a form of resistance.</p><p><strong>'Every year promises the birth of the next literary superstar... <em>VAGABONDS!</em> is an exceptional debut' <em>i-D</em></strong></p><p><strong>'Dazzling, haunting, angular and funny' <em>TLS</em></strong></p><p><strong>'If you read one debut novel ... this should be it' <em>Los Angeles Times</em></str

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780008498030

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

199 x 132 x 25 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Verlag / Hersteller

Harper Collins Publ. UK