In particular, books that address our biggest problems - in this case, race. What we need more of, judging by the strengths of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's new book, are novels about coming to America. How?Īmerican literature has plenty of coming-of-age novels. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. OL16805415W Page_number_confidence 94.76 Pages 498 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.17 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20211103234402 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 362 Scandate 20211030075521 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Tts_version 4.Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Americanah Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie OL28472599M Openlibrary_subject openlibrary_staff_picks Openlibrary_work
One day, answering a text message from Obinze that she cannot resist, Ifemelu decides to return home, only to discover she's become an 'Americanah' - a different version of herself, one with a new accent and attitudeĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 23:06:38 Boxid IA40278020 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Yet once home he too finds success - as the kind of 'Big Man' in Lagos he'd scorned in his youth.
His journey leads him through back alleys of illegal employment in London to a fake marriage for the sake of a work card and finally to a set of handcuffs as he is exposed and deported. He'd hoped to join her in America, but post-9/11 America wouldn't take him. Obinze - handsome and kind-hearted - was Ifemelu's teenage love. She feels for the first time the weight of something she didn't think about back home: race. But what came before is more like a nightmare: painful departure from family humiliating jobs under a false name. She seems to have fulfilled every immigrant's dream: Ivy League education success as a writer of a popular political blog money for the things she needs. Ifemelu - beautiful, self-assured - left Nigeria 15 years ago, and now studies in Princeton as a Graduate Fellow. A young woman from Nigeria leaves behind her home and her first love to start a new life in America, only to find her dreams are not all she expected
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