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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's extraordinary debut novel is about life’s blurred lines - the grey spaces where truths are revealed and real life is lived.The author of Half of a Yellow Sun explores the lines between the old gods and the new, childhood and adulthood, love and hatred. When Nigeria is shaken by a military coup, Kambili’s father, who is mysteriously involved in the political crisis, sends her to live with her aunt. In this house, noisy and full of laughter, she discovers life and love - and a terrible, bruising secret deep within her family."By turns luminous and horrific, this debut ensnares the reader from the first page and lingers in the memory long after its tragic end... In a soft, searing voice, Adichie examines the complexities of family, faith and country through the haunted but hopeful eyes of a young girl on the cusp of womanhood. Lush, cadenced and often disconcerting, this is an accomplished first effort." - Publishers WeeklyChimamanda Ngozi Adichie to date is the only Booker writer to have her words sampled by Beyoncé. Adichie was just 27 when she was longlisted for the prize. She came to writing after moving to the United States aged 19, having initiall

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Author

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Publisher

New York : Fourth Estate

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781616202415

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Young Adult

Rating

4.12 / 5 (31,133 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14