News from Home: Short Stories (Interlink World Fiction)

From Zamfara up north to the Niger delta down south, with a finale in Lagos, this collection of stories and a novella respond to and amplify the newspaper headlines in a range of Nigerian voices. Men, women, and children speak out to us from these stories, from immigration centers and police barracks, from street corners and maternity wards. Ghanaian writer Mohammed Naseehu Ali says, Sefi Atta "writes like one who has lived the life of each single character in her dazzling collection of short stories." Atta Lives In The U.s., And This Powerful Collection Is About The Search For Home. In The Irreverent Title Story, A Young Nigerian Gets A Job As A Nanny For A New Jersey Family; She Sneers At Their African Decor, But What Dazzles Her Is The Mall (scented Toilet Paper!). When Americans Ask Her Where Shes From, She Ends Up Saying Africa; They Dont Know Nigeria. As Gentle As It Is Horrifying, Last Trip Is About A Courier From Lagos Who Boards A Plane For London With A Half-million Dollars Worth Of Heroin In Her Stomach; Her Commission Will Help Care For Her Disabled Son. In Twilight Trek, Illegals Are On A Modern Biblical Exodus Across The Blazing Sahara Desert; The Wry Narrator Is Desperate (death I Could Live With), Even As He Confronts Horrific Global Prejudice (foreign Embassies Dont Grant Africans Like Us Visas). Miracle Worker -- Hailstones On Zamfara -- Spoils -- Lawless -- Twilight Trek -- A Temporary Position -- Madness In The Family -- Last Trip -- News From Home -- Green -- Yahoo Yahoo. Sefi Atta. Winner of the 2009 NOMA Award for Publishing in Africa From Zamfara up north to the Niger delta down south, with a finale in Lagos, this collection of stories and a novella respond to and amplify the newspaper headlines in a range of Nigerian voices. Men, women, and children speak out to us from these stories, from immigration centers and police barracks, from street corners and maternity wards. Ghanaian writer Mohammed Naseehu Ali says, Sefi Atta'writes like one who has lived the life of each single character in her dazzling collection of short stories.' Presents a series of short stories about the travails of life among the privileged and the poor in Nigeria and abroad. A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.