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Vaults of Secrets
2020 short story collection by Olukorede Yishau From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vaults of Secrets is a 2020 short story collection by Nigerian writer Olukorede Yishau. It collects ten short stories.[2][3][4]
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Plot summary
Vaults of Secrets is a collection of short stories with political interpretations regarding to the governance of Nigeria.[5][6][7]
Contents
- "Till We Meet To Part No More"
- "This Special Gift"
- "My Mother’s Father Is My Father"
- "Letters From The Basement"
- "This Thing Called Love"
- "Better Than The Devil"
- "Otapiapia"
- "When Truth Dies"
- "Lydia's World"
- "Open Wound"
Style
The novel often switched between the author's view and the first person view.[8]
Reception
The Brittle Paper praised the book, saying that its "...beautifully drawn characters unveil the many grotesques of human life and shed light on their dark recesses exposing their weaknesses."[9] Enang Godswill of The Nation Newspaper noted that "Yishau incorporates the theme of African beliefs in this collection."[10] while Titilade Oyemade writing for Business Day reviewed that "This collection is a meditation on what it means to make unhealthy decisions and the impact of the decisions in your life."[6] Gabriel Amalu of The Nation newspaper calls the novel a "fictional reality."[5] An editor at The Readers Hut described it as "satirical political book, the undertones of politics and the state of Nigeria were present."[11] For Segun Ayobulu, it is "...is a graphic fictional narrative of the political economy of greed and criminal pursuit of wealth acquisition at practically all spheres of life in contemporary Nigeria."[12]
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