Ebook {Epub PDF} Every Day is for the Thief by Teju Cole

 · Every Day is for the Thief is a striking portrait of Nigeria in change. Through a series of cinematic portraits of everyday life in Lagos, Teju Cole provides a fresh approach to the returnee experience. Author: Teju Cole | Print ISBN: | Format: Flapped paperback | No. of Pages: | Pub. Date: Category: Fiction. Seated nearby, the nameless narrator of Teju Cole’s novella Every Day Is for the Thief is anything but joyful. Fifteen years after he left Nigeria, he is preparing to return there for the first time, to visit family and friends and to rediscover this place he knew so well as a child. 38 rows · Teju Cole: Book Format: Hardcover: Original Title: Every Day is for the Thief: Number Of Author: Teju Cole.

The window was one of many, the town was one. It was the only one, the one I left behind. —Maria Benet, Mapmaker of Absences. Ojo gbogbo ni t'ole, ojo kan ni t'olohun. Every day is for the thief, but one day. is for the owner. —Yoruba proverb. The title of the novella, Every Day is for the Thief, resonates with a saying among the Yoruba South Western Nigeria: "ọjọ́ gbogbo ni t'olè, ọjọ kan ni t'olóhun" which literally translates to "everyday is for the thief, one day is for the owner". From this standpoint, Teju Cole demonstrates that the issue of corruption is paradoxical and does not follow the ordinary. Teju Cole's memoir-like novella, Every Day Is for the Thief, takes its name from a Nigerian proverb, "Every day is for the thief, but one day is for the owner."This optimism regarding the future of Cole's war-torn home country pulsates steadily, if quietly, through a story that could have been mired in tragedy.

Every Day is for the Thief by Teju Cole is the story of a Nigerian who has emigrated to the United States (New York City, to be specific)to become a doctor. He returns to visit family and friends and is faced with a country he both is deeply attached to and repelled by. Mr. Cole’s novel has a mischievous title, taken from a Yoruba proverb: “Every day is for the thief, but one day is for the owner.”. ― Teju Cole, Every Day is for the Thief. 0 likes. Like “Had John Updike been African, he would have won the Nobel Prize twenty years ago. I feel sure that his.