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
One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years • A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the Century
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
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5By T MoroloWhat a BOOK!!!!! I’m reading it for the 2nd time. The first time I was much younger and didn’t really understand it the way I do now.An important book
5By PearlHazelOne of the best books I’ve read. Beautifully written, full of wise and wonderful insight.Slow Starting, Fast Finishing
3By ChannonNicholeI was determined ish this book but it took me 3 years. I stopped so many times because I could not latch on to any direction of the story or main characters. Disclaimer, I read mostly non-fiction but I was told to read this by a friend of mine who is an immigrant and she told me it really helped her relate. If the whole book was the middle and end, I would have finished it in a week. The characters became more and more visible and richly emotional for me. I do recommend it if you are more disciplined than I am with fiction.Interesting!
4By livyloo94Great story and felt educated on the cultural differences.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!Imprisoned by brilliance...deflated by longing
4By Bit o' ScamI was simply entranced by the brilliance of this story. I fell in love. The endearing honesty and the openness of black culture from an African perspective was exhilarating. I always wondered the thoughts of Black Africans as Americans (for whatever length of time), and now I have some idea. As a AA woman I have long felt a sense of distance and resentment when encountering our parallels. I never quite grasped why. This story and the transparency, in spite of how maddening and difficult it was to internalize, helped my process of that. Item and Obinze's love was relatable on so many levels. However, I was left wanting more "drama" at the story's end. It felt to me a hard period at the end instead of a well-planned climax. Thank you for this work.Americanah
5By Munisah BrownI almost could not put down 📖Americanah by Chimamanda. I spent many hours burning the midnight oil and even closed my door at work a few times at my lunch hour. It's a book about race and culture in America and abroad, intertwined in a love story-but certainly not a romance novel by any means. It's deeply textured, thought provoking and beautifully written. You won't be disappointed.Best book ever!
5By @omg-cookieOne of the best books i've ever read!I need a sequel...
5By ElZedEmWhat an amazing read! I could not put this book down. As a NAB I could identify with every words. And every word drew me in. Demanded I reach more. Brilliantly written. Rich. Descriptive. Believable storyline. I'll be reading this again, for sure! It inspired me to write.Multi-layered and powerful experience
5By Lady SparhawkAmericanah starts strong and gets even better as it goes along. Beautifully written. Deep insights, depth we white folks cannot plunge unguide. The range of issues: race, racism, American black experience, non-American black experience, legal and illegal immigrant experience, ex-patriot experience after Americanization, women's experiences by each group, extraordinary-by-any-standard 'nouveau riches' in newly 'developing countries', in this case Nigeria, true poverty, relationships in each of the above categories, and so much more. It is a powerful experience.
