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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEY’S WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION
As teenagers in a Lagos secondary school, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are fleeing the country if they can. Ifemelu beautiful, self-assured departs for America to study. She suffers defeats and triumphs, finds and loses relationships and friendships, all the while feeling the weight of something she never thought of back home: race. Obinze the quiet, thoughtful son of a professor had hoped to join her, but post-9/11 America will not let him in, and he plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London.
Thirteen years later, Obinze is a wealthy man in a newly democratic Nigeria, while Ifemelu has achieved success as a writer of an eye-opening blog about race in America. But when Ifemelu returns to Nigeria, and she and Obinze reignite their shared passion for their homeland and for each other they will face the toughest decisions of their lives.
Fearless, gripping, spanning three continents and numerous lives, Americanah is a richly told story of love and expectation set in today’s globalized world.
As teenagers in a Lagos secondary school, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are fleeing the country if they can. Ifemelu beautiful, self-assured departs for America to study. She suffers defeats and triumphs, finds and loses relationships and friendships, all the while feeling the weight of something she never thought of back home: race. Obinze the quiet, thoughtful son of a professor had hoped to join her, but post-9/11 America will not let him in, and he plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London.
Thirteen years later, Obinze is a wealthy man in a newly democratic Nigeria, while Ifemelu has achieved success as a writer of an eye-opening blog about race in America. But when Ifemelu returns to Nigeria, and she and Obinze reignite their shared passion for their homeland and for each other they will face the toughest decisions of their lives.
Fearless, gripping, spanning three continents and numerous lives, Americanah is a richly told story of love and expectation set in today’s globalized world.
Industry Reviews
‘A delicious, important novel’
The Times
‘Alert, alive and gripping’
Independent
‘Some novels tell a great story and others make you change the way you look at the world. Americanah does both.’
Guardian
The Times
‘Alert, alive and gripping’
Independent
‘Some novels tell a great story and others make you change the way you look at the world. Americanah does both.’
Guardian
ISBN: 9780008485177
ISBN-10: 0008485178
Series: Collins Modern Classics
Published: 15th September 2021
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 400
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 3 x 20 x 13
Weight (kg): 0.348
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