Farafina is proud to announce the Nigerian
edition of AMERICANAH, the highly anticipated novel by award-winning author
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
Release date is April 21, 2013 in Lagos. In the
months following the release, the author will go on a national book tour with
stops in major cities across Nigeria.
ABOUT THE BOOK
AMERICANAH is a fearless novel set in Nigeria,
England and America. It boldly takes on issues both big and small: love,
race, home, hair, Obama, immigration, and self-invention. In the early 1990s,
under Abacha’s government, Ifemelu and Obinze
fall in love. People are leaving the country if they can and Ifemelu leaves for
America, where alongside defeats and triumphs, she confronts the inevitable
question of race. Obinze, unable to join her in America, goes on to live as an
illegal immigrant in London. After
several years they have both achieved success -- Ifemelu as a popular blogger
about race, and Obinze as a wealthy man in the now democratic Nigeria. When Ifemelu decides to return to Nigeria, she and
Obinze must both make the biggest decision of their lives.
REVIEWS
“Fearless. A towering
achievement...From the place of Africans in the race politics in America, to
love across continents, AMERICANAH dares to bring us a world of a confident and
self-made woman making her way in these complicated times. This is the Africa
of our future. Sublime,
powerful and the most
political of Chimamanda's novels. She continues to blaze the way forward.” -Binyavanga Wainaina, Caine Prize winner and author of "One Day I Will Write About This Place".
“Adichie
is a word-by-word virtuoso with a sure grasp of social conundrums in Nigeria,
East Coast America, and England; an omnivorous eye for resonant detail; a gift
for authentic characters; pyrotechnic wit; and deep humanitarianism. AMERICANAH
is a courageous, world-class novel about independence, integrity, community,
and love—and what it takes to become a ‘full human being.’” - Booklist, a publication of the American Library Association
"As she did so masterfully with Half of a
Yellow Sun, Adichie paints on a grand canvas, boldly and confidently…This is a
very funny, very warm and moving intergenerational epic that confirms Adiche’s
virtuosity, boundless empathy and searing social acuity." - Dave Eggers, Pulitzer prize finalist, and author of "What Is The What".
“Adichie’s great gift is that she has always brought us into the
territory of the previously unexplored. She writes about that which others have
kept silent. AMERICANAH is no exception. This is not just a story that
unfolds across three different continents, it is also a keenly observed
examination of race, identity and belonging in the global landscapes of
Africans and Americans.” - Colum McCann, IMPAC award winner and author of "Let The Great World Spin".
AMERICANAH can be pre-ordered by emailing orders@kachifo.com,
calling +2348077364217 or tweeting us: @farafinabooks
Price: Hardback N5000, Paperback N2500.
Upon release, AMERICANAH will be available in
all major bookstores across the country.
Details of national book tour will be announced
later.
This press release was provided by Farafina Books
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