The Spider King's Daughter

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| author = Chibundu Onuzo

| country = Nigeria

| language = English

| genre = Literary Fiction, Romance

| set_in = Lagos, Nigeria

| publisher = Faber and Faber

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| pub_date = 1 March 2012

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| media_type = Print (paperback)

| pages = 304 pp (first edition)

| isbn = 9780571268894

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| oclc = 814446865

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The Spider King's Daughter is a 2012 novel written by Nigerian writer Chibundu Onuzo.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/books/review/welcome-to-lagos-chibundu-onuzo.html|title=Going AWOL in Africa's Largest City|first=Lovia|last=Gyarkye|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2 August 2018|access-date=20 March 2022}} It was first published on 1 March 2012, by Faber and Faber.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bellanaija.com/2012/05/meet-chibundu-onuzo-21-year-old-nigerian-faber-faber-author-of-the-spider-kings-daughter/|title=Meet Chibundu Onuzo, 21-year Old Author of "The Spider King's Daughter"|first=Gbenga|last=Awomodu|date=31 May 2012|website=BellaNaija|access-date=20 March 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theweek.co.uk/arts-life/culture/books/953055/chibundu-onuzo-my-five-best-books|title=Chibundu Onuzo: my five best books|website=The Week UK|date=4 June 2021|access-date=20 March 2022|author=The Week Staff}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.varsity.co.uk/reviews/4477|title=Books: The Spider King's Daughter|first=Emma|last=Greensmith|date=24 February 2012|website=Varsity Online|access-date=20 March 2022}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/09/21/nigerian.authors/index.html|title=Young writers start new chapter in Nigeria's literary history|first=Catriona|last=Davies|date=1 October 2010|website=CNN|access-date=20 March 2022}}

Plot summary

The novel focuses on Abike Johnson and Runner G. Runner G, a college dropout, who hawks ice-creams on the streets of Lagos. Abike Johnson, who could be seen to be a spoiled child meets together. Their friendship grows as Abike learns to adjust to Runner G.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jamesmurua.com/a-review-of-chibundu-onuzos-the-spider-kings-daughter/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307005152/http://www.jamesmurua.com/a-review-of-chibundu-onuzos-the-spider-kings-daughter/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=7 March 2014|title=A review of Chibundu Onuzo's The Spider King's Daughter|author-link=James Murua|first=James|last=Murua|date=6 March 2014|website=James Murua|access-date=20 March 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://brittlepaper.com/2012/09/chibundu-onuzo-spider-kings-daughter-interview/|title=Exclusive Brittle Paper Interview {{!}} Chibundu Onuzo Speaks About Her New Novel, Nollywood, And Lagos As A City of Romance|first=Ainehi|last=Edoro|author-link=Ainehi Edoro|date=10 September 2012|website=Brittle Paper|access-date=20 March 2022}}

Reception

The Spider King's Daughter won the 2013 Betty Trask Award.{{Cite web|url=https://www.societyofauthors.org/Prizes/Fiction/Betty-Trask/Past-winners|title=Society of Authors' Awards | The Society of Authors|website=www.societyofauthors.org}} and in 2012 was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/dylan-thomas-prize-shortlist-announced|title=Dylan Thomas Prize shortlist announced | The Bookseller|website=www.thebookseller.com}} and the Commonwealth Book Prize.{{Cite web|url=https://brittlepaper.com/2013/05/african-writers-commonwealth-book-prize/|title=Meet The African Writers In The Running For The Commonwealth Book Prize|date=6 May 2013|website=Brittle Paper}} In addition the novel was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize{{Cite web|url=http://www.foyles.co.uk/Public/Biblio/Detail.aspx?newsId=2837|title = Desmond Elliott Prize longlist announced}} and for the Etisalat Prize for Literature in 2013.{{Cite web|url=http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2013/12/23/the-inaugural-etisalat-prize-for-literature-longlist/|title=The Inaugural Etisalat Prize for Literature Longlist}}

References

Category:Nigerian romance novels

Category:Contemporary romance novels

Category:2012 Nigerian novels

Category:Faber & Faber books