Americanah
Edition: Vintage Canada Edition (7)
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 588
ISBN-13: 9780307397928
Copyright date: 2013
Description: 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 danger- ous, 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.
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