The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives - Softcover

Shoneyin, Lola

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846687497 ISBN 13: 9781846687495

Publisher: Serpent's Tail, 2011

Synopsis

Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

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Review:

A Rabelaisian picture of polygamous marriage,comically capturing the physical realities of ordinary Nigerian life. (Giles Foden 2010-04-01)

A funny and moving story told with love and compassion ... a jewel of a novel (Petina Gappah)

Riotous... this debut novel is a real eye-opener: a deft, compelling and unsettling tale. (Ailin Quinlan Irish Examiner 2010-05-10)

This deft, lightly spun story packs quite a punch. Shoneyin's unravelling of a family is rooted in and flavoured by Nigeria, but speaks more widely. It is a book you'll want to eat in a sitting - and then start again (Diran Adebayo)

This first novel is a compelling, unsettling tale of a polygamous household and the women within Baba Segi's walls. Shoneyin's sharply written portrait of a family and a nation gripped by the past, yet surging into modernity, manages to be funny, disconcerting and violent all at once. An utterly gripping read. (Patricia Duncker)

A rich debut... an engrossing and beautifully written domestic tale of polygamy and rivalry set in her native Nigeria. (Harper's Bazaar 2010-03-01)

Riveting... a truly compelling tale... (Davina Morris The Voice 2010-04-05)

An engrossing portrayal of a polygamous household... a rich portrait of a family on the verge of collapse. (Yasmin Sulaiman The List 2010-04-01)

An insightful and compelling tale set within a polygamous household (Pride 2011-01-01)

A novel of clamorous intensity. With such Chaucerian tumult, one expects comedy and there is certainly some humour here, but much pain too... Shoneyin's language is that of a poet, both extravagant and exact... Well-structured and with a gratifying resolution. (Jane Housham Guardian 2011-01-15)

Book Description:

'A rich debut... an engrossing and beautifully written domestic tale of polygamy and rivalry' Harpers Bazaar

About this edition

• Publisher: Serpent's Tail
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1846687497
• ISBN 13: 9781846687495
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256