Americanah

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Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
npr • ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY • SEATTLE TIMES CHICAGO TRIBUNE - THE WASHINGTON POST
"A very funny, very warm and moving intergenerational epic that confirms Adichie's virtuosity." —Dave Eggers, author of A Hologram for the King
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 of race, love, and identity by the award-winning writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
"Masterful Pulls no punches with regard to race, class, and the high-risk, heart-tearing struggle for belonging in a... Tovább

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Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
npr • ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY • SEATTLE TIMES CHICAGO TRIBUNE - THE WASHINGTON POST
"A very funny, very warm and moving intergenerational epic that confirms Adichie's virtuosity." —Dave Eggers, author of A Hologram for the King
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 of race, love, and identity by the award-winning writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
"Masterful Pulls no punches with regard to race, class, and the high-risk, heart-tearing struggle for belonging in a fractured world."
—0, The Oprah Magazine
"Cerebral and utterly transfixing. . . . Unforgettable." —The Boston Globe
"[A] knockout of a novel about immigration, American dreams, the power of first love, and the shifting meanings of skin color____A marvel." —NPR
Cover design and illustration by Joan Wong Author photograph © Ivara Esege
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