This is a story about a young Nigerian woman, Ifemelu, who emigrates to the US for university but who eventually decides to return to Nigeria, where her old flame, Obinze, is now a big shot. Through Ifemelu and Obinze's stories we learn about identity, love and race.
In many ways the novel holds up a mirror to society - whether Nigerian, British or American. Will we be capivated by the way this story is woven together?
The Author
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a prominent, successful Nigerian writer who is already acclaimed for her novels "Purple Hibiscus" and "Half of a Yellow Sun".
Adichie was born in Enugu in Nigeria and educated at the University of Nigeria, where her father was Professor Statistics and her mother was the university's first female registrar. Adichie then continued her studies in communications and political science the US at Drexel Univeristy in Philadephia before transferring to study at Eastern Connecticut State University since her sister was working as a doctor in nearby Coventry, Connecticut. Adichie subsequently gained a Masters in creative writing from Johns Hopkins University and a Masters in Arts in African Studies from Yale University.
Adichie initially published a collection of poems in 1997 and a play in 1998. Her first novel, Purple Hibiscus, received worldwide critical acclaim and was awarded the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book (2005). Her second book received the 2007 Orange Prize for Fiction and the Anisfield Wolf Book Award.
In 2010 she was listed in "The New Yorker's '20 Under 40' Fiction" Issue. Likewise in April 2014 she was named as one of 39 writers under the age of 40 at the Hay Festival.
She has been called " 'the most prominent' of a procession of critically acclaimed young anglophone authors [that] is succeeding in attracting a new generation of readers to African literature".
More Information
Read more about Adichie at: http://chimamanda.com/
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