The Thing Around Your Neck
By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Release Date: 2009-06-16
- Genre: Literary Fiction
Description
From the award-winning, bestselling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists—a dazzling story collection filled with "indelible characters who jump off the page and into your head and heart" (USA Today).
In these twelve riveting stories, the award-winning Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie explores the ties that bind men and women, parents and children, Africa and the United States. Searing and profound, suffused with beauty, sorrow, and longing, these stories map, with Adichie's signature emotional wisdom, the collision of two cultures and the deeply human struggle to reconcile them.
Reviews
Excellence
5By meenaasuenRead the book within a week written beautifully addressing issues that we go through every day or have seen happen to others with a thought defying perspective.Amazingly invigorating.
5By Titi AlwiyeThe more you write the more I learn not just about the stories but the mix of culture you also add. Your books is a must read for my generations to come.I want more!
5By Nancy layneEach story could have been its own book. I was left thinking I wanted to know what happened next! Totally entertaining!!Beautifully written
5By BiolanugaA writer endowed with the gift of ancient storytellers.Inspiring
4By eeeconomistWell written and inspiring in a strange and fascinating way. Adichie has managed to weave in real life experiences (I recognize some of the names and events) into fiction seamlessly. A few of the stories appear light but the depth of the others truly makes up for any shortcomings and this comes together as a truly rounded work.Awesome
5By EhnayOne of the best anthologies I've read. The stories all have a unique, beautiful and sometimes tragic dimension to them. Excellent work.
