Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"A young woman from Nigeria leaves behind her home and her first love to start a new life in America, only to find her dreams are not all she expected"-- Provided by publisher.

In the city of Egunu, Nigeria, fifteen year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja lead a somewhat cloistered life. Their father is a wealthy businessman, they live in a beautiful home, and attend private school. But, through Kambili's eyes, we see that their home life is anything but harmonious. Her father, a fanatically religious man has impossible expectations of his children and his wife, and if things don't go his way he becomes physically abusive....

Offers an updated definition of feminism for the twenty-first century, one rooted in inclusion and awareness.

Metà di un sole giallo è la storia di molte Afriche. Tutti questi mondi, con il loro bagaglio di felicità e dolore, di generosità e crudeltà, di amore e gelosia, vengono travolti dalla piena della storia quando nel 1967 la proclamazione d'indipendenza dalla Nigeria della Repubblica del Biafra sfocia in una tragica guerra civile. *** «Di solito non associamo la saggezza al neofita, eppure ecco una nuova scrittrice con il talento degli antichi...

Vier Frauen, vier Leben und die Sehnsucht nach Sichtbarkeit, Liebe und Selbstbestimmung. Der lang erwartete neue Roman von Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Spiegel-Bestsellerautorin, literarischer Superstar und feministische Ikone. Chiamaka ist Reiseschriftstellerin, navigiert zwischen ihrer nigerianischen Heimat und ihrem amerikanischen Zuhause und versucht, sich im Rückblick auf die Männer ihres Lebens zu erklären, wann genau ihr ihre Träume abhandengekommen...

La morte improvvisa dell'amatissimo padre nel giugno 2020, in piena pandemia, getta Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in uno stato di rabbiosa prostrazione. Le consuete parole della consolazione la irritano, il formalismo dei riti la esaspera, il dolore la dilania. Ma i suoi pensieri e le sue sensazioni, l'analisi dei diversi modi di affrontare il lutto, quello nigeriano e quello occidentale, diventano occasione per una lucida e penetrante meditazione sulle...

Ein wahrer Weltroman: Die einschneidende Liebesgeschichte von Ifemelu und Obinze zwischen drei Kontinenten Chimamanda Adichie erzählt von der Liebe zwischen Ifemelu und Obinze, die im Nigeria der neunziger Jahre ihren Lauf nimmt. Dann trennen sich ihre Wege: Die selbstbewusste Ifemelu studiert in Princeton, Obinze strandet als illegaler Einwanderer in London. Nach Jahren stehen sie plötzlich vor einer Entscheidung, die ihr Leben auf den Kopf stellt. Adichie...

A collection of twelve stories includes the tale of a medical student in hiding with a poor Muslim woman, and a woman who discovers a devastating secret about her brother's death.

A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking her how to raise her baby girl as a feminist. 'Dear Ijeawele' is Adichie's letter of response. Here are fifteen suggestions for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman. From encouraging her to choose a helicopter, and not only a doll, as a toy if she so desires; having open conversations with her about clothes, makeup, and...

A novel set during Nigeria's struggle for independence in the 1960s involving five characters including thirteen-year-old Ugwu, a university professor, the professor's mistress, and a young Englishman named Richard.