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Americanah / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

ISBN: 9780307397928 (paperback)
Physical Description: 588 pages ; 21 cm
Edition: Vintage Canada edition.
Publisher: Toronto : Vintage Canada, [2014]
Copyright: &copy;2013

Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977- (author.).

Summary:

A story of love and race centered around a man and woman from Nigeria who seemed destined to be together, until the choices they are forced to make tear them apart. Spanning three continents, entering the lives of a richly drawn cast of characters across numerous divides, Americanah is a story of love and expectation set in today's globalized world.

"Ifemelu--beautiful, self-assured--left Nigeria 15 years ago,and now studies in Princeton as a Graduate Fellow. binze--handsome and kind-hearted--was Ifemelu's teenage love; he'd hoped to join her in America, but post 9/11 America wouldn't let him in. Years later, when they reunite in Nigeria, neither is the same person who left home. Obinze is the kind of successful "Big Man" he'd scorned in his youth, and Ifemelu has become an "Americanah"--a different version of her former self, one with a new accent and attitude. As they revisit their shared passion--for their homeland and for each other--they must face the largest challenges of their lives."--Provided by publisher.