Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

With her award-winning debut novel, Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was heralded by the Washington Post Book World as the 21st century daughter of Chinua Achebe. Now, in her masterly, haunting new novel, she recreates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafras impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria...

One of The New York Times'sTen Best Books of the YearWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for FictionAn NPR "e;Great Reads"e; Book, a Chicago Tribune Best Book, a Washington Post Notable Book, a Seattle Times Best Book, an Entertainment Weekly Top Fiction Book, a Newsday Top 10 Book, and a Goodreads Best of the Year pick.A...

With effortless grace, celebrated author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie illuminates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra's impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in southeastern Nigeria during the late 1960s. We experience this tumultuous decade alongside five unforgettable characters: Ugwu, a...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie burst onto the literary scene with her remarkable debut novel, Purple Hibiscus, which critics hailed as ';one of the best novels to come out of Africa in years' (Baltimore Sun), with ';prose as lush as the Nigerian landscape that it powerfully evokes' (The Boston Globe); The Washington Post called her...

Lata 60. XX wieku, w pustoszonej wojną domową Nigerii krzyżują się drogi trójki bohaterów: pochodzącego z biednej wioski chłopca o imieniu Ugwu, młodziutkiej Olanny, która porzuciła dostatnie życie w Lagos, aby zamieszkać ze swoim ukochanym, oraz Richarda, nieśmiałego Anglika oczarowanego enigmatyczną siostrą bliźniaczką Olanny.Ogarnięci...