The Story Archive

Lawless and Other Stories

Sefi Atta · 2008 CE · Short Story · Nigerian · Contemporary

Stories of Nigerians at home and abroad, of marriage, money, bribery and the small humiliations of daily life in Lagos and in exile. The collection first came out in Lagos from Farafina and then in the United States as News from Home. It won the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa in 2009.

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Attributes

Genre
PsychologicalComedy
Theme
Class & InequalityExile & HomecomingIdentity & SelfPower & CorruptionLove
Archetype (Jung / Campbell)
Everyman
Form
Episodic
Symbol / motif
The CityThe House
Conflict
vs Societyvs Self
Mode / tone
RealistIronic
Culture / tradition
Nigerian

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