false <![CDATA[Purple Hibiscus]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171914358m/126381.jpg 126381 21 <I>Purple Hibiscus</I>, Nigerian-born writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's debut, begins like many novels set in regions considered exotic by the western reader: the politics, climate, social customs, and, above all, food of Nigeria (balls of fufu rolled between the fingers, okpa bought from roadside vendors) unfold like the purple hibiscus of the title, rare and fascinating. But within a few pages, these details, however vividly rendered, melt into the background of a larger, more compelling story of a joyless family. Fifteen-year-old Kambili is the dutiful and self-effacing daughter of a rich man, a religious fanatic and domestic tyrant whose public image is of a politically courageous newspaper publisher and philanthropist. No one in Papa's ancestral village, where he is titled "Omelora" (One Who Does For the Community), knows why Kambili's brother cannot move one of his fingers, nor why her mother keeps losing her pregnancies. When a widowed aunt takes an interest in Kambili, her family begins to unravel and re-form itself in unpredictable ways. <I>--Regina Marler</I> 1057017 2003 Purple Hibiscus total:1515|5:369|4:696|3:381|2:55|1:14| 1515 5896 2400 288 5 6 false false Tue May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 05:36:17 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 20:00:02 -0700 2008 Ms. Houseman
World Literature
5/5/08
Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche
Purple Hibiscus
New York: Anchor Books, 2003
307 pp. $15
1-4000-7694-3
Book Review

“Purple Hibiscus”, written by contemporary Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, tells ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 14:23:24 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 10:43:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 14:57:12 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 15 16:46:25 -0700 2008
Fifteen year old Kambili, lives a life of privilege in with her parents, and her brother Jaja in Nigeria. The fat...more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 13 21:37:19 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 13 21:38:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Mar 24 08:30:33 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 12 16:51:58 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 08:29:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 4 false false Wed May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 06 22:34:26 -0800 2007 Sat May 31 00:06:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Sep 15 11:29:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 12:00:52 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu May 17 15:18:09 -0700 2007 Thu May 17 15:18:37 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Nov 20 12:32:17 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 12:32:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 17 04:08:29 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 17 04:14:14 -0700 2008 Book well written and provided insight into ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 13:05:59 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 13:20:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Apr 24 03:58:42 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 03:59:39 -0700 2009 Reading this book has been actually very hard because it was just as she described my country's recent past. I was there in every single sentence when she described situation on University; government's repression; political murders; corruption on every level of society; ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Apr 21 00:32:26 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 13:39:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 11:34:32 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 11:54:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Aug 31 10:27:25 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 07:04:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Oct 07 23:57:33 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 11:23:01 -0700 2009 http://sandyi.blogspot.com

The one thing I would recommend before reading Nigerian literature is to read what is by now considered the most definitive book on the country's culture and history, Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. Prior to Achebe's book, there was no real documentation of N...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 15 10:10:43 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 10:19:33 -0700 2009 Half of a Yellow Sun and was curious to read Adichie's first novel. Purple Hibiscus is a good book, but not a great one, like HoaYS. My library shelved it in the YA section, though I don't think Adichie intended this to be strictly for a YA audience. My guess is that, because it ...more...]]> 3 0 false true Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 20:15:34 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 20:15:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 07:07:18 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 07:14:46 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 13:56:17 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 19:58:03 -0700 2009
from Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, award-winning author.

Kambili, 15 years old, and her...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=126381