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"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"--
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Nigerians, Immigrants, Refugees, African-Americans, literary fiction, African-American fiction, cultural heritage, Fiction, blogging, romance, corruption, award:national_book_critics_circle_award=fiction, National Book Critics Circle Award Winner, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, 1000blackgirlbooks, Fiction, historical, Nigeria, fiction, Large type books, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / African American / General, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2014-03-23, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, historical, general, Literary, African American, General, English literature, Inmigrantes, Ficción, Regugiados, Nigeriano, Ficcion, History, Romans, nouvelles, Racisme, Relations raciales, Réfugiés, Nigérians, Livres en gros caractères, Large print books, Immigrants--fiction, Refugees--fiction, Nigerians--united states--fiction, Nigerians--england--fiction, Fiction--literary, Fiction--african american--general, Pr9387.9.a34354 a44 2013, 823/.92, Fic019000 fic049000 fic051000, African-americans, Literary fiction, African-american fiction, Cultural heritage, Blogging, Romance, Corruption, Award:national_book_critics_circle_award=fiction, National book critics circle award winner, Reading level-grade 7, Reading level-grade 9, Reading level-grade 8, Reading level-grade 11, Reading level-grade 10, Reading level-grade 12, Fiction / literary, Fiction / african american / general, Fiction / cultural heritage, Nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2014-03-23, New york times bestseller, New york times reviewedPlaces
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Americanah
2018, Thorndike Press
Hardcover
in English
- Large print edition (6)
1410486133 9781410486134
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Americanah
2018-11, Literatura Random House
Paperback
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- Primera edición en este formato, Quinta reimpresión
843973297X 9788439732976
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Americanah: A Novel
2016, Large Print Press
paperback
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- Large print edition
1594139555 9781594139550
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Americanah
2014-03, Anchor Books
Paperback
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- First Anchor Books Edition (5)
0307455920 9780307455925
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Americanah
2014, Literatura Random House
Hardcover
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- Primera edición en México.
607312385X 9786073123853
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Americanah
2014, Vintage Canada
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0307397920 9780307397928
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Book Details
Edition Notes
Translated from the English of the same title.
National book critics circle award, 2013.
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Work Description
Americanah is a 2013 novel by the Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, for which Adichie won the 2013 U.S. National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. Americanah tells the story of a young Nigerian woman, Ifemelu, who immigrates to the United States to attend university. The novel traces Ifemelu's life in both countries, threaded by her love story with high school classmate Obinze.
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Links outside Open Library
- Americanah | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (chimamanda.com)
- Americanah - Wikipedia
- Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – review
- Realities of Race (nytimes.com)
- Book review: ‘Americanah’ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (washingtonpost.com)
- Book Review: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (medium.com)
- New York Times review
- thegreatestbooks.org/items/3340
- bookmarks.reviews/reviews/americanah/
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