Americanah
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By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD ‘A delicious, important novel’ THE TIMES ‘Alert, alive and gripping’ INDEPENDENT Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria. In America, Ifemelu suffers defeats and triumphs, finds and loses relationships, all the while feeling the weight of something she never thought of back home: race. Meanwhile, Obinze plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London. Fifteen years later, when they reunite in a newly democratic Nigeria, and reignite their passion – for each other and for their homeland – they face the hardest decision of their lives. Fearless, gripping, spanning three continents and numerous lives, the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning Americanah is a literary masterpiece, and one of the defining books of the decade. ‘A love story for our time’ VOGUE ‘A brilliant novel: epic in scope, personal in resonance and with lots to say’ OBSERVER ‘A tour de force. Hugely impressive’ MAIL ON SUNDAY TweetReviews
A fantastic fiction book, set across three continents and multiple decades in the lives of Ifemelu and Obinze. The book sharply observes race, cultural differences and relationships. Every character is treated with dignity, and the story helps to highlight immigrant experiences.
Personally, I would recommend to an older reading age, above 18+. Although sections of the book flash-back to address Ifemelu and Obinze's teenage years, the story is narrated with a confidence that the characters have gained through maturity. It feels more relatable to an audience in their 20s/30s.
Great story, we scored it 8/10
Extremely well written. This story about two people that lost love and took different paths in life, finding themselves back in contact after 15 years was truly captivating. I'm not a fan of romance novels but I enjoyed reading this.
It was a lot more conservative than Chimamanda's other works, a lot less visually descriptive but the story flowed and I got to like some of the characters and see my self and my friends in some of them.
This book would appeal to a wider audience than Half of A Yellow Sun. It's less dramatic, with less Igbo words and traditional stories. I'd recommend it to everyone nonetheless.
