"In this beguiling collection of twelve imaginative stories set in Lagos, Nigeria, 'Pemi Aguda dramatizes the tension between our yearning to be individuals and the ways we are haunted by what came before. In 'Manifest,' a woman sees the ghost of her abusive mother in her daughter's face. Shortly after, the daughter is overtaken by wicked and destructive impulses. In 'Breastmilk,' a wife forgives her husband for his infidelity. Months later, when she is unable to produce milk for her newborn, she blames herself for failing to uphold her mother's feminist values and doubts her fitness for motherhood. In 'Things Boys Do,' a trio of fathers finds something unnatural and unnerving about their infant sons. As their lives rapidly fall to pieces, they begin to fear that their sons are the cause of their troubles. And in '24, Alhaji Williams Street,' a teenage boy lives in the shadow of a mysterious disease that's killing the boys on his street."--
Record details
ISBN:9781324065869
ISBN:1324065850
ISBN:9781324065852
Physical Description:208 pages ; 22 cm print
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2024]
Manifest -- Breastmilk -- Contributions -- The hollow -- Imagine me carrying you -- 24, Alhaji Williams Street -- Things boys do -- Birdwoman -- Girlie -- The wonders of the world -- The dusk market -- Masquerade season.
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