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Purple Hibiscus : A Novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2012, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherAlgonquin Books of Chapel Hill

ISBN-101616202416

ISBN-139781616202415

eBay Product ID (ePID)114243623

Product Key Features

Book TitlePurple Hibiscus : a Novel

Number of Pages336 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2012

TopicCultural Heritage, African American / General, Family Life, Literary, Romance / General

GenreFiction

AuthorChimamanda Ngozi Adichie

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight9.9 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"[Her] strong, lyrical voice earns her a place on the shelf squarely next to Gabriel Garci´a Ma´rquez, Alex Haley, and Chinua Achebe." -- The San Diego Union-Tribune, "Prose as lush as the Nigerian landscape that it powerfully evokes . . . Adichie's understanding of a young girl's heart is so acute that her story ultimately rises above its setting and makes her little part of Nigeria seem as close and vivid as Eudora Welty's Mississippi." -- The Boston Globe, "[Her] strong, lyrical voice earns her a place on the shelf squarely next to Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Alex Haley, and Chinua Achebe." - The San Diego Union-Tribune, "[Her] strong, lyrical voice earns her a place on the shelf squarely next to Gabriel Garci´a Ma´rquez, Alex Haley, and Chinua Achebe." - The San Diego Union-Tribune, eoeProse as lush as the Nigerian landscape that it powerfully evokes . . . Adichiee(tm)s understanding of a young girle(tm)s heart is so acute that her story ultimately rises above its setting and makes her little part of Nigeria seem as close and vivid as Eudora Weltye(tm)s Mississippi.e e" The Boston Globe, "Breathtaking . . . Adichie is very much the twenty-first-century daughter of that other great Igbo novelist, Chinua Achebe." -- The Washington Post Book World "The author's straightforward prose captures the tragic riddle of a man who has made an unquestionably positive contribution to the lives of strangers while abandoning the needs of those who are closest to him." -- The New York Times Book Review "Prose as lush as the Nigerian landscape that it powerfully evokes . . . Adichie's understanding of a young girl's heart is so acute that her story ultimately rises above its setting and makes her little part of Nigeria seem as close and vivid as Eudora Welty's Mississippi." -- The Boston Globe "Amazing." -- Minneapolis Star Tribune, eoe[Her] strong, lyrical voice earns her a place on the shelf squarely next to Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Alex Haley, and Chinua Achebe.e e" The San Diego Union-Tribune, "Prose as lush as the Nigerian landscape that it powerfully evokes . . . Adichie's understanding of a young girl's heart is so acute that her story ultimately rises above its setting and makes her little part of Nigeria seem as close and vivid as Eudora Welty's Mississippi." - The Boston Globe, "[Her] strong, lyrical voice earns her a place on the shelf squarely next to Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Alex Haley, and Chinua Achebe." -- The San Diego Union-Tribune

Dewey Decimal823/.92

SynopsisFrom the bestselling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists Fifteen-year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja lead a privileged life in Enugu, Nigeria. They live in a beautiful house, with a caring family, and attend an exclusive missionary school. They're completely shielded from the troubles of the world. Yet, as Kambili reveals in her tender-voiced account, things are less perfect than they appear. Although her Papa is generous and well respected, he is fanatically religious and tyrannical at home--a home that is silent and suffocating. As the country begins to fall apart under a military coup, Kambili and Jaja are sent to their aunt, a university professor outside the city, where they discover a life beyond the confines of their father's authority. Books cram the shelves, curry and nutmeg permeate the air, and their cousins' laughter rings throughout the house. When they return home, tensions within the family escalate, and Kambili must find the strength to keep her loved ones together. Purple Hibiscus is an exquisite novel about the emotional turmoil of adolescence, the powerful bonds of family, and the bright promise of freedom., "One of the most vital and original novelists of her generation." --Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker From the bestselling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists Fifteen-year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja lead a privileged life in Enugu, Nigeria. They live in a beautiful house, with a caring family, and attend an exclusive missionary school. They're completely shielded from the troubles of the world. Yet, as Kambili reveals in her tender-voiced account, things are less perfect than they appear. Although her Papa is generous and well respected, he is fanatically religious and tyrannical at home--a home that is silent and suffocating. As the country begins to fall apart under a military coup, Kambili and Jaja are sent to their aunt, a university professor outside the city, where they discover a life beyond the confines of their father's authority. Books cram the shelves, curry and nutmeg permeate the air, and their cousins' laughter rings throughout the house. When they return home, tensions within the family escalate, and Kambili must find the strength to keep her loved ones together. Purple Hibiscus is an exquisite novel about the emotional turmoil of adolescence, the powerful bonds of family, and the bright promise of freedom.