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Americanah / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
The bestselling novel--a love story of race and identity--from the award-winning author of We Should All Be Feminists and Dear Ijeawele.Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American ReadIfemelu 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. Fifteen years later, they reunite in a newly democratic Nigeria, and reignite their passion--for each other and for their homeland.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307962126
- ISBN: 0307962121
- ISBN: 9781299557178
- ISBN: 1299557171
- ISBN: 9780345807465
- ISBN: 0345807464
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (477 pages)
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
- Copyright: ©2013
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| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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