A Life Elsewhere - Softcover

Afolabi, Segun

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0224076027 ISBN 13: 9780224076029

Publisher: Jonathan Cape, 2006

Synopsis

An impressive debut collection of stories of Diaspora; of people making their lives in new lands, of the universal need to establish family and identity in a world where the boundaries of geography, culture and language are increasingly fluid.

About this title

About the Author:

Segun Afolabi was born in Nigeria and brought up in the Congo, Canada and Japan. His stories have been published in various literary journals including the London Magazine, Wasifiri and the Edinburgh Review. He lives and works in London. His novel, Goodbye Lucille will be published by Cape in 2007.

Review:

"Segun Afolabi is a writer of tremendous talent. His stories are subtly told and elegantly executed. His greatest skill though, is one possessed by only a few writers. He offers his readers a different way of seeing... and in so doing he elevates himself above the merely talented towards becoming a writer who will certainly make his mark in the world of literature" -- Aminatta Forna "Afolabi captures snapshots of these lives with searing accuracy but also takes us on delicate sojourns into his characters minds" * The Times * "These impressionistic tales sharply evoke landscapes both physical and mental" -- Hephzibah Anderson * Observer * "Afolabi has a supple, disciplined style, capable of suggesting layers of complex emotion and memory in a few phrases ... a writer of exceptional promise" -- Mike Phillips * Guardian *

About this edition

• Publisher: Jonathan Cape
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0224076027
• ISBN 13: 9780224076029
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 274