Americanah
Tags:
Set in Nigeria
Female author
Description:
A searing nove, at once sweeping and intimate: a story of love and race centred around a man and woman from Nigeria who seemed destined to be together--until the choices they are forced to make tear them apart. Ifemelu--beautiful, self-assured--left Nigeria 15 years ago, and now studies in Princeton as a Graduate Fellow. Obinze--handsome and kind-hearted--was Ifemelu's teenage love; he'd hoped to join her in America, but post 9/11 America wouldn't let him in. Years later, when they reunite in Nigeria, neither is the same person who left home. Obinze is the kind of successful "Big Man" he'd scorned in his youth, and Ifemelu has become an "Americanah"--a different version of her former self, one with a new accent and attitude. As they revisit their shared passion--for their homeland and for each other--they must face the largest challenges of their lives.
Reviews:
(3 months ago) |
03 Dec, 2024
Read 26 Jan 2019
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(1 month ago) |
29 Jan, 2025
Beautifully written - Adichie just keeps getting better and better.
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Challenge:
Read Around Africa Challenge
Country:
Nigeria
Nigeria
Language:
EN
Genre:
Romance Contemporary fiction
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