Americanah
By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Release Date: 2013-05-14
- Genre: Literary Fiction
Description
10th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A modern classic about star-crossed lovers that explores questions of race and being Black in America—and the search for what it means to call a place home. • From the award-winning author of We Should All Be Feminists and Half of a Yellow Sun • WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR
"An expansive, epic love story."—O, The Oprah Magazine
Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Beautiful, self-assured Ifemelu heads for America, where despite her academic success, she is forced to grapple with what it means to be Black for the first time. Quiet, thoughtful Obinze had hoped to join her, but with post–9/11 America closed to him, he instead plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London.
At once powerful and tender, Americanah is a remarkable novel that is "dazzling…funny and defiant, and simultaneously so wise." —San Francisco Chronicle
Reviews
Good Read
4By 24Kel91Some chapters were pretty drawn out and the ending left something to be desired.Must Read
5By AshBashTyAshRelatable and eye-opening. As a Jamaican immigrant that migrated to a completely new way of life in the United States 4 years ago, reading this novel brought great lows and highs for me. I went from melancholy, to ambivalence, to pure bliss, to resentment and feeling detested. It was a truly a BEAUTIFUL novel… Chimamanda is incredible. I now want to read everything she writes, her words were bold and captivating. When thrown to Obinze’s character, I would become restless and a little annoyed and impatient, mostly because I was so enamored with Ifemelu and the female’s perspective, nevertheless I look forward to what proceeds Americanah.I started this book 2 years ago.
1By Shunp08A waste of my time then and now. The ONLY reason I fiished this is because I paid for it. It was a huge disappointment. Had I purchased the hardcover I would have thrown it in the trash.Americahna
5By read morI can not get the book to download. Has there been a problem with this bookread morMy all-time favorite book
5By Megh92This novel brought me to tears on several occasions. Absolutely beautiful.Great novel, cliche ending
4By MichsteryAt times, I felt that their was an immaturity in the writing but, some were burgeoning moments of greatness. Example of a great modern novel and showcases the early development of adichieNigerianah
1By Savoy40She should write a book about the discrimination in her country. Black on black crime and the poverty brought about by black leaders that represent the most extremes in selfishness. Or she can write about the discrimination of white people and other nationalities by blacks in Africa. Or is only America suppose to solve all mankind’s problems world wide, problems that are so grounded in individualism you could never fix them; if you even consider individual rights a problem.utter nonsense
1By shitspotshieldvpnjust feel bored when going through these chapters, very boredGreat read
5By SenzoTheFundiPerfectly written book about the depth of Maintaining your true identity...Great read
4By HKwemzThis book takes the reader on a ride around the world, to distant places and times while endearing the reader to the characters and jolting him or her with the uncomfortable subjects of race, politics and culture. The conversations on race offer not just differing perspectives on the subject but exposes the deep unearthed complexities society has been unwilling to confront. Maybe we are all cowards!