Title: Americanah Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Nationality: Nigerian Year of Publication/ Release: May 2013 Pages: 400 Genre: fiction The story unfolds with Ifemelu travelling a long way to have her hair braided. She describes the state of the salon as dilapidated, crowded whereas the ventil...
I read a lot of positive reviews about this book so I was expecting a lot from it. I’m pleased to say I wasn’t disappointed. I lived in Nigeria until my late teens so a lot of the conversations and scenarios were familiar and instilled nostalgic feelings in me. The version I read was nearly 500 page...
Americanah is the dream of poor people all over the world. There the streets are paved with gold. Education is free and of high quality. How many poor and oppressed have given up family, all their cash and belongings, their language, culture and identity, and even their names to travel in steerage, ...
Well, Adichie was successful. She wrote a book about race that I actually want to read. Or rather, that I'm happy to have read. There's no question that race, and the difference between being an African immigrant in America and an African-American and all the messiness that comes with those categ...
At some point as I devoured this book, the phrase "Great American Novel" lodged in my brain and would not leave. I don't believe in a the Great American Novel; the phrase is nearly always applied to works by white male writers whose books are thought to move in broad sweeps and detailed realism bu...
One of the best books I've read in 2013. "Americanah" is a book of great impact and importance. This is the one book by an African writer that has spoken to me more than any other.This is a book about Africa and the African diasporic experience in the USA and England, a backdrop for the love story b...
I wanted to read this after hearing Adichie's interview on NPR. Her voice, oh my gosh. Dreamy!But, mostly, I was struck when she said that she had to learn to be black when she came to America because, like her character Ifemelu mentions, she wasn't black in Nigeria. And I was all...Oh! Duh! Right! ...
OMG! I loved this book. I have never read anything by Adichie before but I definitely, definitely will be. My library actually has all of her books, which raises my opinion of them.I really enjoyed the writing style. It was just a pleasure to read. Even though I hardly ever mark anything in the nove...
I love the way that Adiche populates her books with characters rather than stereotypes. All her books have given me a new insight into what life is like for ordinary Nigerians. I love her writing, her insights and honesty.
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