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Now a Netflix original film, Swallow is brought to us from the award-winning author Sefi AttaIn the 1980s in Lagos, the government’s War Against Indiscipline and austerity measures are in full swing. A succession of unfortunate events leads Tolani, a bank secretary, to be persuaded by her roommate Rose to consider drug trafficking as a way to make a living. Tolani’s subsequent struggle with temptation forces her to reconsider her morality—and that of her mother Arike’s—as she embarks on a turbulent journey of self-discovery.
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"In this unique novel, outstanding new literary talent Sefi Atta takes great strides in style and form, to bring wit and passion to the heartbreaking story of Tolani and Rose, two young women struggling, not always successfully, to make an honest living in contemporary Nigeria... Atta tells in an eminently readable voice the irreconcilable nature of the two friends' fates."-Tsitsi Dangarembga, author of Nervous Conditions"No contemporary Nigerian writer is better than Sefi Atta at evoking the smells, sounds and the sheer madness of this sprawling cosmopolitan city of Lagos."ùToni Kan Onwordi, author of Nights of the Creaking Bed"Tender, fierce, vivid and memorableùa bold, distinctive novel from a writer who doesn't compromise her integrity."-Leila Aboulela, author of Minaret"Sefi Atta has woven a quietly intricate powerful tale that pulls from problems of gender, class, and Lagosian life. It's a novel whose many colorful characters, compelling story, distinct place and turbulent time will stay with you long after you've read the last world."-Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, author of Zahrah the WindseekerSefi Atta's first novel, Everything Good Will come, won the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa. Her short-story collection News from Home received the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa.
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