For her, it seems no great feat to balance high-literary intentions with broad social critique. "A near-flawless novel.What’s the difference between an African-American and an American-African? From such a distinction springs a deep-seated discussion of race in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s third novel, “Americanah.” Adichie, born in Nigeria but now living both in her homeland and in the United States, is an extraordinarily self-aware thinker and writer, possessing the ability to lambaste society without sneering or patronizing or polemicizing. Americanah is that rare thing in contemporary literary fiction: a lush, big-hearted love story that also happens to be a piercingly funny social critique." - Vogue Capacious, absorbing and original." -Jennifer Reese, NPR "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. writer of any color would risk." - The Philadelphia Inquirer race complex with a directness and brio no U.S. A bright, bold book with unforgettable swagger that proves it sometimes takes a newcomer to show Americans to ourselves." - The Dallas Morning News She does so in this new work with a ruthless honesty about the ugly and beautiful sides of both nations." - The Washington Post "Adichie is uniquely positioned to compare racial hierarchies in the United States to social striving in her native Nigeria. A steady-handed dissection of the universal human experience." - The New York Times Book Review a novel that holds the discomfiting realities of our times fearlessly before us. "Witheringly trenchant and hugely empathetic. Americanah is superlative at making clear just how isolating it can be to live far away from home. "A cerebral and utterly transfixing epic. " knockout of a novel about immigration, American dreams, the power of first love, and the shifting meanings of skin color. Pulls no punches with regard to race, class and the high-risk, heart-tearing struggle for belonging in a fractured world." - O, The Oprah Magazine "A very funny, very warm and moving intergenerational epic that confirms Adichie's virtuosity, boundless empathy and searing social acuity." -Dave Eggers, author of A Hologram for the King Funny and defiant, and simultaneously so wise. One of Time's 10 Best Fiction Books of the year The New York Times -NPR - Chicago Tribune - The Washington Post - The Seattle Times - Entertainment Weekly - Newsday - Goodreads
National Book Critics Circle Award Winner - One of the New York Times Book Review's Best Books of the Year -A PARADE BEST BOOK OF ALL TIME
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