'A delicious, important novel'The Times
'Alert, alive and gripping' Independent
'Some novels tell a great story and others make you change the way you look at the world. Americanah does both' Guardian
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 globalized world.
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Dazzling. . . . Funny and defiant, and simultaneously so wise. . . . Brilliant. San Francisco Chronicle
A very funny, very warm and moving intergenerational epic that confirms Adichie s virtuosity, boundless empathy and searing social acuity. Dave Eggers, author of A Hologram for the King
Masterful. . . . An expansive, epic love story. . . . Pulls no punches with regard to race, class and the high-risk, heart-tearing struggle for belonging in a fractured world. O, The Oprah Magazine
[A] knockout of a novel about immigration, American dreams, the power of first love, and the shifting meanings of skin color. . . . A marvel. NPR
A cerebral and utterly transfixing epic. . . . Americanah is superlative at making clear just how isolating it can be to live far away from home. . . . Unforgettable. The Boston Globe
Witheringly trenchant and hugely empathetic . . . a novel that holds the discomfiting realities of our times fearlessly before us. . . . A steady-handed dissection of the universal human experience. The New York Times Book Review
Adichie is uniquely positioned to compare racial hierarchies in the United States to social striving in her native Nigeria. She does so in this new work with a ruthless honesty about the ugly and beautiful sides of both nations. The Washington Post
Gorgeous. . . . A bright, bold book with unforgettable swagger that proves it sometimes takes a newcomer to show Americans to ourselves. The Dallas Morning News
Americanah tackles the U.S. race complex with a directness and brio no U.S. writer of any color would risk. The Philadelphia Inquirer
So smart about so many subjects that to call it a novel about being black in the 21st century doesn t even begin to convey its luxurious heft and scope. . . . Capacious, absorbing and original. Jennifer Reese, NPR
Superb . . . Americanah is that rare thing in contemporary literary fiction: a lush, big-hearted love story that also happens to be a piercingly funny social critique. Vogue
A near-flawless novel. The Seattle Times
One of the Best Books of the Year
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