THE THING AROUND YOUR NECK
From the Orange Prize-winning author of 'Half of a Yellow Sun' come twelve dazzling stories that turn a penetrating eye on the ties that bind men and women, parents and children, Nigeria and the West.
In 'A Private Experience', a medical student hides from a violent riot with a poor Muslim woman whose dignity and faith force her to confront the realities and fears she's been pushing away.
In 'Tomorrow Is Too Far', a woman unlocks the devastating secret that surrounds her brother's death.
The young mother at the centre of 'Imitation' finds her comfortable life threatened when she learns that her husband back in Lagos has moved his mistress into their home.
And the title story depicts the choking loneliness of a Nigerian girl who moves to an America that turns out to be nothing like the country she expected; though falling in love brings her desires nearly within reach, a death in her homeland forces her to re-examine them.
Edad recomendada: Adultos.
ADICHIE CHIMAMANDA NGOZI
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie es una escritora y feminista nigeriana nacida el 15 de septiembre de 1977 en Enugu, Nigeria. Creció en una familia de etnia igbo, hija de James Nwoye Adichie, profesor de estadística, y Grace Ifeoma, registradora universitaria. Estudió medicina y farmacia en la Universidad de Nigeria antes de trasladarse a Estados Unidos, donde cursó Comunicaciones y Ciencias Políticas en la Universidad de Drexel y luego en Eastern Connecticut State University. Obtuvo una maestría en escritura creativa en Johns Hopkins y otra en estudios africanos en Yale. Su obra incluye novelas como "Purple Hibiscus", "Half of a Yellow Sun", "Americanah" y ensayos como "We Should All Be Feminists" y "Dear Ijeawele". Ha sido reconocida por su activismo feminista, sus conferencias TED y su capacidad para retratar la experiencia africana y la diáspora con profundidad y sensibilidad.
