Ayòbámi Adébáyò

Yejide espera un milagro, un hijo. Pero sus familiares se empeñan en buscarle una nueva esposa a su marido y cruzan el limite de lo que Yejide es capaz de soportar. Con el telón de fondo de las revue

Yejide is hoping for a miracle, for a child. It is all her husband wants, all her mother-in-law wants, and she has tried everything. But when her relatives insist upon a new wife, it is too much for Yejide to bear. Unravelling against the social and political turbulence of 1980s Nigeria, Stay With Me is a story of the fragility of married love, the undoing of family, the power of grief, and the all-consuming bonds of motherhood. It is a tale about the desperate attempts we make to save ourselves, and those we love, from heartbreak.

Yejide i Akin són un jove matrimoni a la Nigèria dels anys vuitanta. En una societat poligàmica, ells, sabent-se enamorats, decideixen ser una parella monògama. Però els problemes comencen quan no ar

'There are things even love can't do ...If the burden is too much and stays too long, even love bends, cracks, comes close to breaking and sometimes does break. But even when it's in a thousand pieces around your feet, that doesn't mean it's no longer love ...' Yejide is hoping for a miracle, for a child. It is all her husband wants, all her mother-in-law wants, and she has tried everything - arduous pilgrimages, medical consultations, dances with prophets, appeals to God. But when her in-laws insist upon a new wife, it is too much for Yejide to bear. It will lead to jealousy, betrayal and despair. Unravelling against the social and political turbulence of 80s Nigeria, Stay With Me sings with the voices, colours, joys and fears of its surroundings. Ayobami Adebayo weaves a devastating story of the fragility of married love, the undoing of family, the wretchedness of grief, and the all-consuming bonds of motherhood. It is a tale about our desperate attempts to save ourselves and those we love from heartbreak.

Yejide espera un milagro, un hijo. Es lo único que quiere su marido, lo único que quiere su suegra, y ella lo ha probado todo: duros peregrinajes, consultas médicas, plegarias a Dios. Pero cuando sus familiares se empeñan en buscar una nueva esposa, cruzan el limite de lo que Yejide es capaz de soportar. Y se vera abocada a los celos, la traicion y la desesperacion.Con el telon de fondo de las revueltas sociales y politicas de los años ochenta en Nigeria, Quedate conmigo se desarrolla y resuena con las voces, los colores, las alegrias y los miedos de su entorno. Ayobami Adebayo escribe una historia demoledora sobre la fragilidad del amor conyugal, la destruccion de la familia, la desdicha del dolor y los vinculos que devoran la maternidad. Es una novela sobre nuestros intentos desesperados de salvar del desengaño a nosotros mismos y a quienes amamos.

NOVEL·LA FINALISTA DEL PREMI BOOKER. Ambientada a Nigeria, la novel·la se centra en dos personatges d'orígens socials molt diferents. L'Eniolá es adolescent. El seu pare acaba de perdre la feina i no pot ni pagar-li l'institut, de manera que l'Eniola es passa els dies fent encarrecs per a una cosidora, recollint diaris, demanant almoina si cal, somiant amb un gran futur. En canvi, la Wuraola encarna la filla ideal en una familia benestant. Sembla que tot li va be: fa un any que treballa de metgessa i s'ha promes amb en Kunle, tambe de bona familia. Pero la relacio te algunes esquerdes. Quan un politic local intenta captar l'Eniola i un sobtat esclat de violencia destrossa una festa familiar, les vides de la Wuraola i l'Eniola s'entrellacen. AMB LA SEVA ESCRIPTURA PRECISA I EMOTIVA, AYOBÇMI ADEBÇYO APROFUNDEIX EN ELS LLIGAMS FAMILIARS, EN LES DIFERÈNCIES DE CLASSE I DE GÈNERE, EN ELS DESITJOS PERSONALS I LES BARRERES SOCIALS. TRADUCCIO D'ALEXANDRE GOMBAU I ARNAU

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2017 BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 'There are things even love can't do ...If the burden is too much and stays too long, even love bends, cracks, comes close to breaking and sometimes does break. But even when it's in a thousand pieces around your feet, that doesn't mean it's no longer love ...' Yejide is hoping for a miracle, for a child. It is all her husband wants, all her mother-in-law wants, and she has tried everything - arduous pilgrimages, medical consultations, dances with prophets, appeals to God. But when her in-laws insist upon a new wife, it is too much for Yejide to bear. It will lead to jealousy, betrayal and despair. Unravelling against the social and political turbulence of 80s Nigeria, Stay With Me sings with the voices, colours, joys and fears of its surroundings. Ayobami Adebayo weaves a devastating story of the fragility of married love, the undoing of family, the wretchedness of grief, and the all-consuming bonds of motherhood. It is a tale about our desperate attempts to save ourselves and those we love from heartbreak.