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

 · Teju Cole 's Every Day Is for the Thief opens as it means to go on, with a jeremiad against the corruption and sense of hopelessness in which Nigerian society wallows and which it Author: Helon Habila.  · In Teju Cole’s “Every Day Is for the Thief,” a Nigerian studying in New York returns home for a visit and sees everything bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 6 mins. 38 rows · Teju Cole: Book Format: Hardcover: Original Title: Every Day is for the Thief: Number Of Author: Teju Cole.

Teju Cole's unnamed hero returns to Lagos, hoping to reconnect with the city of his youth. The nameless narrator of Cole's "Every Day Is for the Thief" shares so much with Julius, the. Teju Cole's novella, 'Every Day Is for the Thief,' newly released in the United States, is a journey through Lagos. Every Day is for the Thief is an account of a Nigerian in the diaspora who returns home after many years abroad. The book gains its strength as much from its subject matter (contemporary Lagosian life as experienced by a visiting former resident) as from its prose style (reminiscent of John Berger and J.M. Coetzee).

Every Day is for the Thief (), a novel by Nigerian author Teju Cole, is told in the first-person from the perspective of an unnamed narrator who is returning to his native Lagos after spending the last fifteen years in New York City. Surprised to find that he does not feel as comfortable in his homeland as he would have expected, he struggles to readjust to the realities of Lagosian life. 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: 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.”.