As teenagers in Lagos,Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship,and people are fleeing the country if they can. The self-assured Ifemelu departs for America. There she suffers defeats and triumphs,finds and loses relationships,all the while feeling the weight of something she never thought of back home: race. Obinze had hoped to join her,but post-9/11 America will not let him in,and he plunges into a dangerous,undocumented life in London.
Thirteen years later,Obinze is a wealthy man in a newly democratic Nigeria,while Ifemelu has achieved success as a blogger. But after so long apart and so many changes,will they find the courage to meet again,face to face
Fearless,gripping,spanning three continents and numerous lives,the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning Americanahis a richly told story of love and expectation set in today's globalized world.
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9780007356348Number of pages: 400Weight: 350 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 31 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'A brilliant novel: epic in scope,personal in resonance and with lots to say.'- Elizabeth Day, Observer
'A delicious,important novel from a writer with a great deal to say.'- The Times
'A brilliant exploration of being African in America...an urgent and important book,further evidence that its author is a real talent.'- Sunday Telegraph
'An extremely thoughtful,subtly provocative exploration of structural inequality,of different kinds of oppression,of gender roles,of the idea of home. Subtle,but not afraid to pull its punches.'- Alex Clark,Guardian
'A tour de force...The artistry with which Adichie keeps her story moving,while animating the complex anxieties in which the characters live and work,is hugely impressive.'- Mail on Sunday
'Adichie is terrific on human interactions...Adichie's writing always has an elegant shimmer to it...Wise,entertaining and unendingly perceptive.'- Independent on Sunday
'Adichie paints on a grand canvas,boldly and confidently...This is a very funny,very warm and moving intergenerational epic that confirms Adiche's virtuosity,boundless empathy and searing social acuity.'- Dave Eggers
'An honest novel about race"...with guts and lustre...within the context of a well-crafted,compassionate,visceral and delicately funny tale of lasting high-school love and the sorrows and adventures of immigration.'- Diana Evans,The Times
'(A) long,satisfying novel of cross-continental relationships,exile and the pull of home...Adichie's first novel for seven years and well worth the wait.'- FT
'Alert,alive and gripping.'- Independent
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian author,best known for her award winning novels Purple Hibiscus,Half of a Yellow Sun,and Americanah,as well as her feminist essays.
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