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Every Day Is for the Thief

Teju Cole

  • 162 pages · about 3 hours
  • First published 2007
  • 10 editions
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1 About this book

Every Day Is for the Thief is a 2007 novel by Nigerian-American author Teju Cole. The unnamed protagonist of the novel returns to Lagos after fifteen years in New York City, only to find himself changed by living abroad and confused by the city. The novel was first published in Nigeria, but was later republished in the United States.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Nigerians
  • Identity (Psychology)
  • Nigeria
  • Life change events
  • Homecoming
  • Literary fiction
  • Cultural heritage
  • New york

2 About Teju Cole

Born 1975

Teju Cole (; born June 27, 1975) is a Nigerian writer, photographer, and art historian. He is the author of a novella, Every Day Is for the Thief (2007); a novel, Open City (2011); an essay collection, Known and Strange Things (2016); a photobook, Punto d'Ombra (2016); and a second novel, Tremor (2023). Critics have praised his work as having "opened a new path in African literature."

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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