The Resource Every day is for the thief : fiction, Teju Cole ; with photos by the author
Every day is for the thief : fiction, Teju Cole ; with photos by the author
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The item Every day is for the thief : fiction, Teju Cole ; with photos by the author represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Stevens Memorial Library (North Andover).
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "Visiting Lagos after many years away, Teju Cole's unnamed narrator rediscovers his hometown as both a foreigner and a local. A young writer uncertain of what he wants to say, the man moves through tableaus of life in one of the most dynamic cities in the world: he hears the muezzin's call to prayer in the early morning light, and listens to John Coltrane during the late afternoon heat. He witnesses teenagers diligently perpetrating e-mail frauds from internet cafes, longs after a woman reading Michael Ondaatje on a public bus, and visits the impoverished National Museum. Along the way, he reconnects with old school friends and his family, who force him to ask himself profound questions of personal and national history. Over long, wandering days, the narrator compares present-day Lagos to the Lagos of his memory, and in doing so reveals changes that have taken place in himself. Just as Open City uses New York to reveal layers of the narrator's soul, in Every Day is for the Thief the complex, beautiful, generous, and corrupt city of Lagos exposes truths about our protagonist, and ourselves"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 162 pages
- Note
- "Originally published in Nigeria by Cassava Republic Press, in 2007 in different form"--Title page verso
- Isbn
- 9780812995787
- Link
- 9780812995787.jpg
- Label
- Every day is for the thief : fiction
- Title
- Every day is for the thief
- Title remainder
- fiction
- Statement of responsibility
- Teju Cole ; with photos by the author
- Subject
-
- FICTION / Cultural Heritage
- FICTION / Literary
- Homecoming -- Nigeria | Lagos -- Fiction
- Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction
- Life change events -- Fiction
- FICTION / African American / General
- Nigeria -- Fiction
- Nigerians -- New York (State) | New York -- Fiction
- Reunions -- Nigeria | Lagos -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Visiting Lagos after many years away, Teju Cole's unnamed narrator rediscovers his hometown as both a foreigner and a local. A young writer uncertain of what he wants to say, the man moves through tableaus of life in one of the most dynamic cities in the world: he hears the muezzin's call to prayer in the early morning light, and listens to John Coltrane during the late afternoon heat. He witnesses teenagers diligently perpetrating e-mail frauds from internet cafes, longs after a woman reading Michael Ondaatje on a public bus, and visits the impoverished National Museum. Along the way, he reconnects with old school friends and his family, who force him to ask himself profound questions of personal and national history. Over long, wandering days, the narrator compares present-day Lagos to the Lagos of his memory, and in doing so reveals changes that have taken place in himself. Just as Open City uses New York to reveal layers of the narrator's soul, in Every Day is for the Thief the complex, beautiful, generous, and corrupt city of Lagos exposes truths about our protagonist, and ourselves"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cole, Teju
- Dewey number
- 823/.92
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR9387.9.C67
- LC item number
- E84 2014
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Nigerians
- Homecoming
- Reunions
- Life change events
- Identity (Psychology)
- New York (N.Y.)
- Nigeria
- FICTION / Literary
- FICTION / Cultural Heritage
- FICTION / African American / General
- Label
- Every day is for the thief : fiction, Teju Cole ; with photos by the author
- Link
- 9780812995787.jpg
- Note
- "Originally published in Nigeria by Cassava Republic Press, in 2007 in different form"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1518224
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 162 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812995787
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : acid-free paper)
- Lccn
- 2014004326
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1518224
- (OCoLC)870211217
- Label
- Every day is for the thief : fiction, Teju Cole ; with photos by the author
- Link
- 9780812995787.jpg
- Note
- "Originally published in Nigeria by Cassava Republic Press, in 2007 in different form"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1518224
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 162 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812995787
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : acid-free paper)
- Lccn
- 2014004326
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1518224
- (OCoLC)870211217
Subject
- FICTION / Cultural Heritage
- FICTION / Literary
- Homecoming -- Nigeria | Lagos -- Fiction
- Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction
- Life change events -- Fiction
- FICTION / African American / General
- Nigeria -- Fiction
- Nigerians -- New York (State) | New York -- Fiction
- Reunions -- Nigeria | Lagos -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
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