Stay with me

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Sinopse

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 WELLCOME BOOK PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL DYLAN THOMAS PRIZEYejide 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. It is a tale about the desperate attempts we make to save ourselves, and those we love, from heartbreak.“Scorching, gripping, ultimately lovely”MARGARET ATWOOD“This terrific first novel (shortlisted for the Baileys women’s prize for fiction) deals with the daily stresses of living with the political upheavals of the time but the real drama is happening in Yejide’s womb. Adebayo unfolds the many layers of truth with insight and skill”The Times“A thoroughly contemporary style that is all her own … clever and funny … despite the intense sadness of her subject matter, she has produced a bright, big-hearted demonstration of female spirit, as well as the damage done by the boundlessness of male pride”Guardian“Has a remarkable emotional resonance and depth of field [ … Adebayo] is an exceptional storyteller. She writes not just with extraordinary grace but with genuine wisdom about love and loss and the possibility of redemption. She has written a powerfully magnetic and heartbreaking book”New York Times“One of the must-reads books of the year so far: Stay With Me has it all, including big themes of love, grief and jealousy, a fantastic female protagonist plus it reads like a page-turning thriller”Stylist

Participantes

Autor: Ayobami Adebayo

Autor

AYOBAMI ADEBAYO

Ayòbámi Adébáyò (Lagos — Nigéria, 1988) é mestre em escrita criativa pela Universidade de East Anglia, na Inglaterra. Em sua estreia literária, Fique comigo (2018), tece reflexões sobre o patriarcalismo na sociedade nigeriana e desvela o dilema causado por conta da impossibilidade de um casal ter filhos, e a pressão familiar em introduzir mais uma esposa na relação. O romance — publicado em quinze países — recebeu uma série de prêmios e menções e foi classificado como um dos melhores do ano de 2017 nas listas do New York Times, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal e muitos outros. Desde 2009, Adébáyò é editora da revista literária nigeriana Saraba.