
Ayobami Adebayo's stories have appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies, and one was highly commended in the 2009 Commonwealth short story competition. She holds BA and MA degrees in Literature in English from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife. She also has an MA in creative writing from the University of East Anglia where she was awarded an international bursary for Creative Writing. Ayobami has been the recipient of fellowships and residencies from Ledig House, Hedgebrook, Threads, Ebedi Hills and Ox-Bow. STAY WITH ME- UK (Canongate, March 2017), Nigeria (Ouida Books, April 2017), US (Knopf, August 2017), KENYA (Kwani?, August 2017) is her debut novel.
This celebrated, unforgettable first novel, shortlisted for the prestigious Women's Prize for Fiction and set in Nigeria, gives voice to both husband and wife as they tell the story of their marriage--and the forces that threaten to tear it apart.Yejide and Akin have been married since they met and fell in love at university. Though many expected Akin to take several wives, he and Yejide have always agreed: polygamy is not for them. But four years into their marriage--after consulting fertility doctors and healers, trying strange teas and unlikely cures--Yejide is still not pregnant. She assumes she still has time--until her family arrives on her doorstep with a young woman they introduce as Akin's second wife. Furious, shocked, and livid with jealousy, Yejide knows the only way to save her marriage is to get pregnant, which, finally, she does--but at a cost far greater than she could have dared to imagine. An electrifying novel of enormous emotional power, Stay With Me asks how much we can sacrifice for the sake of family.
Ayobami Adebayo, the celebrated author of Stay With Me unveils a dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides of wealth, power, romantic obsession, and political corruption. Eniola is tall for his age, a boy who looks like a man. Because his father has lost his job, Eniola spends his days running errands for the local tailor, collecting newspapers, begging when he must, dreaming of a big future. Wuraola is a golden girl, the perfect child of a wealthy family. Now an exhausted young doctor in her first year of practice, she is beloved by Kunle, the volatile son of an ascendant politician. When a local politician takes an interest in Eniola and sudden violence shatters a family party, Wuraola and Eniola's lives become intertwined. In her breathtaking second novel, Ayobami Adebayo shines her light on Nigeria, on the gaping divide between the haves and the have-nots, and the shared humanity that lives in between.
The two characters in Ayobami Adebayo's (Nigeria) short story discover that old flames are never completely snuffed. Alongside an interview with the author, this story originally appeared in the anthology " Newer African Writing" (The Mantle, 2014).
Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatched Titles In This A Spell of Good Things [Hardcover]Stay With MeAyobami Adebayo 2 Books Collection A Spell of Good Things [Hardcover]:Eniola is tall for his age, a boy who looks like a man. His father has lost his job, so Eniola spends his days running errands for the local tailor, collecting newspapers and begging, dreaming of a big future. Wuraola is a golden girl, the perfect child of a wealthy family. Now an exhausted young doctor in her first year of practice, she is beloved by Kunle, the volatile son of family friends. When a local politician takes an interest in Eniola and sudden violence shatters a family party, Wuraola and Eniola's lives become intertwined.Stay With Yejide is hoping for a miracle, for a child. It is all her husband wants, all her mother-in-law wants, and she has tried everything. But when her relatives insist upon a new wife, it is too much for Yejide to bear. Unravelling against the social and political turbulence of 1980s Nigeria, Stay With Me is a story of the fragility of married love, the undoing of family, the power of grief, and the all-consuming bonds of motherhood.
Eniola est très grand pour son âge. À 16 ans il ressemble déjà à un homme. Depuis que son père a perdu son emploi, il passe ses journées à faire des courses pour le tailleur local, à collectionner les journaux, à mendier quand il le faut et à rêver d'un avenir meilleur. Wuraola, fille d’une riche famille, évolue dans une sphère privilégiée depuis toujours. À 28 ans, cette jeune médecin espère enfin contenter ses parents en épousant le fils d’un politicien en pleine ascension. En apparence, les vies d’Eniola et Wuraola semblent diamétralement opposées mais un jour, alors que des violences éclatent au cœur de Lagos, leurs trajectoires vont entrer en collision. Un puissant conte nigérian moderne dans lequel Ay?`bámi Adébáy?` met en lumière le fossé entre les pauvres et les nantis... et la force de notre humanité commune. Née à Lagos, Ayòbámi Adébáyò a étudié l'écriture aux côtés de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie et Margaret Atwood. À tout juste 29 ans, elle est l'autrice d'une œuvre saluée par de nombreux prix littéraires et reconnue comme une écrivaine d'exception. Reste avec moi , son premier roman, a été traduit dans 18 pays et a été sélectionné pour quatre prix littéraires, dont le prestigieux Women's Prize for Fiction.
Yejide träffade sin man på universitetet och de har varit gifta i fyra år. De har ett fint äktenskap, allt som egentligen saknas i deras liv är ett barn. Yejide ber om ett mirakel, hon träffar läkare, hon går motvilligt på en krävande ceremoniell pilgrimsfärd. Men inget händer. Släkten är bestämd, kräver ett barn och insisterar på att hennes man ska ta en till fru. Yejide känner sig förtvivlad. Hennes make försöker blidka Yejide såväl som släkten. Men det är en omöjlig situation som kommer att leda till svartsjuka, svek och förtvivlan. Stanna hos migär en kärlekshistoria som utspelar sig mitt i den politiska turbulensen i Nigeria under åttiotalet. Det är en berättelse om hur skört ett äktenskap kan vara, om den enorma längtan efter barn och om hur en familj kan gå sönder. Det är också en roman om hur gamla traditioner möter en modern värld med nya värderingar. Ayòbámi Adébáyò föddes i Lagos, Nigeria. Hon är litteraturvetare och litteraturskribent.Stanna hos migär hennes debutroman, den fick ett fantastiskt mottagande när den utkom i Storbritannien, blev nominerad till Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction och har hyllats av recensenter och läsare.Please This audiobook is in Swedish.