INDIGENE, a novella & short stories

188pp., hardback, d.w., Interlink Books, Northampton, 2025

ISBN:  9781623716066

In the novella, Indigene, a sequel to Atta’s debut novel, Everything Good Will Come, and the short stories that follow, four professional Nigerian women grapple with social circumstances out of their control.

"This beautifully imagined collection ... is unflinching, yet laced with humor, wit and a tenderness that illuminates people and places as only great literature can do." Ayóbámi Adébáyò, author of Stay With Me

"A work of brilliance and power ... Atta's prose is nuanced, quietly dazzling, and completely enthralling." Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, author of Season of Crimson Blossoms

Nigerian writer Sefi Atta's novels include Swallow, A Bit of Difference, The Bead Collector, The Bad Immigrant, Good-for-Nothing Girl; News from Home, a collection of short stories, and Sefi Atta: Selected plays. She has received several literary awards, including the 2006 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa and the 2009 Noma Award for Publishing in Africa. She divides her time between USA, UK and Nigeria.