Swallow

"In this unique novel, outstanding new literary talent Sefi Atta takes great strides in style and form, to bring wit and passion to the heartbreaking story of Tolani and Rose, two young women struggling, not always successfully, to make an honest living in contemporary Nigeria... Atta tells in an eminently readable voice the irreconcilable nature of the two friends' fates."-Tsitsi Dangarembga, author of Nervous Conditions

"No contemporary Nigerian writer is better than Sefi Atta at evoking the smells, sounds and the sheer madness of this sprawling cosmopolitan city of Lagos."羅Toni Kan Onwordi, author of Nights of the Creaking Bed

"Tender, fierce, vivid and memorable羅a bold, distinctive novel from a writer who doesn't compromise her integrity."-Leila Aboulela, author of Minaret

"Sefi Atta has woven a quietly intricate powerful tale that pulls from problems of gender, class, and Lagosian life. It's a novel whose many colorful characters, compelling story, distinct place and turbulent time will stay with you long after you've read the last world."-Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, author of Zahrah the Windseeker

Sefi Atta's first novel, Everything Good Will come, won the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa. Her short-story collection News from Home received the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa.