| Author: | Dayo Oladele-Ilori | ISBN: | 9781939389152 |
| Publisher: | Convert A Book | Publication: | October 15, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Dayo Oladele-Ilori |
| ISBN: | 9781939389152 |
| Publisher: | Convert A Book |
| Publication: | October 15, 2013 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
CRUEL PASSION is a 184-page novel that reiterates the long age-old order of sins and consequences in the events of life. This contemporary fiction exhibit two extreme paradoxes of life continuum “What you sow, you will reap.” and “Bad things do happen to good people.” When beauty, intelligence, innocence and naivety faces the withering wind that blew away the blossoming years, the filthy rag of shame becomes the only natural covering. Will she cave under the current circumstances that have shattered her joy and self-esteem? Will that cold chilly night when innocence died crystallize a different birth from the three mementos that were already born: a new birth – a beautiful girl; a still birth – a womb hysterectomy, and a re-birth –Vengeance? This story charts the fate of three unusual characters tied and broken by blood lines. Ifeoluwa , the innocent young women, shielded away from the reality of life therefore becoming victims of circumstances; Bankole the everyday character of boys who lack father figure, growing into young monstrous men who reap sorrowful future; and Ruby, the hope of a new future threatened by distasteful revelations that stems from the loins of a blossoming romance. When fate sets the stage playing its harmonious string and rendering lyrics and songs of abomination, a heavy cloud of confusion ensues, spilling its unwholesome content – the genesis of the saga, the act of one father that unsettles a whole generation and the chronicles of a shocking truth. It is an engaging piece that lends its voice to the consequences of choices, lust and ill-charted passion and obsessive vengeance. It is an enthralling story that brings to bare the importance of parenting and the ripple effects of it negligence. This story clearly place premium on the divinity of forgiveness as a noble end to events orchestrated by cruelty and revenge It is an interwoven experience of fate, friendship, naivety, sincerity, deception, love, revenge and abomination. The novel is set in three major cities: Lagos, Sicily and Port-of-Spain. It spans through childhood and adult life of characters, making its target audience inclusive of both teenage and adult readers.
CRUEL PASSION is a 184-page novel that reiterates the long age-old order of sins and consequences in the events of life. This contemporary fiction exhibit two extreme paradoxes of life continuum “What you sow, you will reap.” and “Bad things do happen to good people.” When beauty, intelligence, innocence and naivety faces the withering wind that blew away the blossoming years, the filthy rag of shame becomes the only natural covering. Will she cave under the current circumstances that have shattered her joy and self-esteem? Will that cold chilly night when innocence died crystallize a different birth from the three mementos that were already born: a new birth – a beautiful girl; a still birth – a womb hysterectomy, and a re-birth –Vengeance? This story charts the fate of three unusual characters tied and broken by blood lines. Ifeoluwa , the innocent young women, shielded away from the reality of life therefore becoming victims of circumstances; Bankole the everyday character of boys who lack father figure, growing into young monstrous men who reap sorrowful future; and Ruby, the hope of a new future threatened by distasteful revelations that stems from the loins of a blossoming romance. When fate sets the stage playing its harmonious string and rendering lyrics and songs of abomination, a heavy cloud of confusion ensues, spilling its unwholesome content – the genesis of the saga, the act of one father that unsettles a whole generation and the chronicles of a shocking truth. It is an engaging piece that lends its voice to the consequences of choices, lust and ill-charted passion and obsessive vengeance. It is an enthralling story that brings to bare the importance of parenting and the ripple effects of it negligence. This story clearly place premium on the divinity of forgiveness as a noble end to events orchestrated by cruelty and revenge It is an interwoven experience of fate, friendship, naivety, sincerity, deception, love, revenge and abomination. The novel is set in three major cities: Lagos, Sicily and Port-of-Spain. It spans through childhood and adult life of characters, making its target audience inclusive of both teenage and adult readers.
