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Real talk, this book could have been a smooth 150 to 200 pages and I wouldn't have batted an eye.
At its heart, Americanah is a book about various immigrants who are trying to work their way through discovering what it means to be a part of the countries they've immigrated to while also holding on to their original cultures.... ...more
Real talk, this book could have been a smooth 150 to 200 pages and I wouldn't have batted an eye.
At its heart, Americanah is a book about various immigrants who are trying to work their way through discovering what it means to be a part of the countries they've immigrated to while also holding on to their original cultures.... ...more
Americanah is the book I've read all year, and while it is only March, this record could last the year. The management of time, moving backward and forward in time, is only equaled in deftness as Adichie's use of omniscient POV. It is an exquisitely well written, compelling contemporary novel, giving a gripping perspective of growing up in Nigeria, and the experience of "becoming" black upon moving to the United States. Wonderful writing and perspectives of race politics, great use of an ekphras
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NPR reviewer Jennifer Reese: "so smart about so many subjects that to call it a novel about being black in the 21st century doesn't even begin to convey its luxurious heft and scope". Agreed.
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