{"product_id":"the-thing-around-your-neck-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie","title":"The Thing Around Your Neck (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003e**DREAM COUNT, the searing, exquisite new novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is out now!**\u003c\/strong\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Women's Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eHalf of a Yellow Sun\u003c\/em\u003e come twelve dazzling stories that turn a penetrating eye on the ties that bind men and women, parents and children, Nigeria and the West.\u003c\/strong\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003e'Makes storytelling seem as easy as birdsong' \u003c\/strong\u003e            \u003cem\u003eTELEGRAPH\u003c\/em\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003e'Writing of clarity and brilliance' \u003c\/strong\u003e            \u003cem\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/em\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eIn '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.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eIn 'Tomorrow Is Too Far', a woman unlocks the devastating secret that surrounds her brother's death.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eAnd 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.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eSearing and profound, suffused with beauty, sorrow and longing, this collection is a resounding confirmation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's prodigious storytelling powers.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003e'An elegant collection. From beginning to end the prose is serene and the characterization deft' \u003c\/strong\u003e            \u003cem\u003eTLS\u003c\/em\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE grew up in Nigeria. Her work has been translated into more than 55 languages and has appeared in various publications, including \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker, The New York Times, Granta, The O. Henry Prize Stories, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e. She is the author of the novels \u003cem\u003ePurple Hibiscus\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award; \u003cem\u003eHalf of a Yellow Sun\u003c\/em\u003e, which was the recipient of the Women's Prize for Fiction \"Winner of Winners\" award; \u003cem\u003eAmericanah\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award; the story collection \u003cem\u003eThe Thing Around Your Neck;\u003c\/em\u003e the essays \u003cem\u003eWe Should All Be Feminists\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eNotes on Grief\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eMama's Sleeping Scarf\u003c\/em\u003e, a book for children. A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, she divides her time between the United States and Nigeria.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 217 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65812296499549,"sku":"K022488287","price":10.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/2248828700001A.jpg?v=1788530982","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-thing-around-your-neck-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}