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Americanah
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
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Americanah
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Publisher's Summary
Shortlisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2014.
From the award-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun, a powerful story of love, race and identity.
As teenagers in Lagos, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are fleeing the country if they can. The self-assured Ifemelu departs for America. There she suffers defeats and triumphs, finds and loses relationships, all the while feeling the weight of something she never thought of back home: race. Obinze 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 blogger. But after so long apart and so many changes, will they find the courage to meet again, face to face?
Fearless, gripping, spanning three continents and numerous lives, the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning Americanah is a richly told story of love and expectation set in today’s globalised world.
Critic Reviews
“Actress Adjoa Andoh brings to life Adichie’s complex, beautifully wrought novel – which is both a love story and a nuanced analysis of political topics including systemic racism in America; immigration in the UK; and the class system in Nigeria.” (Vogue)
"One of the previous decade’s landmark novels [...] Andoh is a skilled, exciting narrator." (The Times)
"Andoh's rich voice and distinct characters and rhythm keep the listener engrossed.... Andoh has fun adopting a mocking lilt for Ifemelu's snarky blog entries.... [and] a more serious tone brings authenticity to the heartbreak of Obinze's London experience." ( AudioFile)
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- Advaith Arun
- 31-08-22
Peek into a Non-African-American Black Life
An engaging fast-paced story. Enjoyed the authentic Nigirian storytelling performance and the complex and multifaceted, yet relatable characters.
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- Puja Wahi
- 10-05-20
Beautiful and insightful
A romance, but so much more. Deeply insightful about race, national identity, and looking for home. A book anyone would enjoy.
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- Y
- 24-01-23
Great listen!
I enjoyed the writing style and the authentic narration! Sometimes the details seem unnecessary, but overall a great listen.
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- rohan parikh
- 02-06-20
Multi-faceted brilliance.
Simultaneously a beautiful love story, wrapped inside an exploration of relationships and a brutal examination of Race and Immigration in the West through the eyes of a Nigerian. Capturing the immigrant experience precisely she manages to eloquently put words and images to what most immigrants experience and feel but at an emotional depth we never achieve. As an immigrant myself, I felt I was living in her skin and looking through her eyes and understanding my own life better. At times beautiful, at times enraging, and often laugh out loud funny. Brilliant. I will miss you Ifemelu and Obinze.
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- Amazon Customer
- 24-05-20
Wonderful performance!!
I’ve listened to quite some great books on audible but non like this one. The narrator managing different characters was excellent and the story is so heartwarming and a mix of different subjects ranging from love to race, culture, relationships and homeland. Thoroughly enjoyed and this book is remarkable. Simple thought provoking writing style from the author is my favourite.
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